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AnimalMuppetyesterday at 2:18 PM1 replyview on HN

> There is no "True Education" anymore, only the appearance of one with the sole aim of churning out a "Productive Worker"(for a certain definition of the term) for a Economy; no understanding required.

If I understand correctly, this is not the same problem. The problem Feynman was facing was education where the point was to get a credential, not to become useful. (I agree that neither is the same as to actually learn...)


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rramadassyesterday at 3:29 PM

Yes and the credential is the gateway to getting a Job as a "Productive Worker"(for a certain definition of the term) in the Economy. That is what Education has been reduced to nowadays.