Startup - Education 2.1
Now it has become fashionable to write about the problems of education. Swear at the current state and admire the Soviet. And it became even more fashionable to write about radical and revolutionary reforms in this area. And here system problems already begin. Almost everyone in their reasoning skips several of the most important stages in the design, namely: the collection of requirements and the statement of purpose.
So, we are creating the product “education” for the platform “society”. “We” are a certain class of interested individuals. As is the case with true commercial software, the true purpose of the product does not necessarily coincide with the declared one. According to the official version, education is needed to form a “harmoniously developed personality”, etc. And what is needed in reality? And reality is cynical. Software is created to make money. And it is desirable to crush competitors. By any legal (and slowly possible illegal) methods. So with education - it is necessary to form a cattle population, that is, a crowd of people who are easy to manipulate, who will not ask unnecessary questions. In short, a herd. Naturally, the herd should not know about it, the herd must be sure that everything is done in the interests of the herd.
Now you can formulate a goal. The product “Education” should ensure the reproduction of easily controlled and stable population in the conditions of progressive scientific and technological progress.
And now the requirements are:
0. Man is an animal. It is necessary to exploit instincts; without this, the whole undertaking is doomed to failure.
1. Everyone does not need systemic knowledge; it is a waste of resources. For 100%, applied and basic general cultural knowledge is absolutely necessary: basic arithmetic skills, basic writing skills, social skills, basic and unambiguous historical information.
2. The education system should be closely integrated with other social and social manifestations of life. Let me explain with an example: if the school course says that Stalin is a demon in the flesh, you can’t let information on the positive qualities of Stalin through federal channels. The principle, I think, is clear.
3. The system should create conditions for the identification of gifted children and the development of necessary talents.
4. As a consequence of Clause 3, system knowledge should not be prohibited, it should be allocated only to those who are ready to accept it.
5. Well, and finally, the main requirement: "The first rule of the fight club: no one should know about the existence of a fight club." The whole system should be disguised as tons of husk.
Creating such a system requires a lot of order at all levels of government. Only in this way can the necessary social structure of society be formed. Corruption, kickbacks and other delights are fundamentally unable to create a SYSTEM.
It looks extremely cynical, but what can you do. The practical goal is a dumb layman, watching TV, playing sports and supporting power. The science fiction writers screwed up, the Gurevich universe (see the novel "We Are From the Solar System") is in reality impossible.
P.S.
I don’t want to transfer the text to any thematic blog out of principle. Perhaps some individual points may seem controversial, but the idea itself is certainly true, because it has stood the test of time.
P.P.S.
Yes, this is a high-tech anthill. High school is not covered, because there are slightly different requirements.
So, we are creating the product “education” for the platform “society”. “We” are a certain class of interested individuals. As is the case with true commercial software, the true purpose of the product does not necessarily coincide with the declared one. According to the official version, education is needed to form a “harmoniously developed personality”, etc. And what is needed in reality? And reality is cynical. Software is created to make money. And it is desirable to crush competitors. By any legal (and slowly possible illegal) methods. So with education - it is necessary to form a cattle population, that is, a crowd of people who are easy to manipulate, who will not ask unnecessary questions. In short, a herd. Naturally, the herd should not know about it, the herd must be sure that everything is done in the interests of the herd.
Now you can formulate a goal. The product “Education” should ensure the reproduction of easily controlled and stable population in the conditions of progressive scientific and technological progress.
And now the requirements are:
0. Man is an animal. It is necessary to exploit instincts; without this, the whole undertaking is doomed to failure.
1. Everyone does not need systemic knowledge; it is a waste of resources. For 100%, applied and basic general cultural knowledge is absolutely necessary: basic arithmetic skills, basic writing skills, social skills, basic and unambiguous historical information.
2. The education system should be closely integrated with other social and social manifestations of life. Let me explain with an example: if the school course says that Stalin is a demon in the flesh, you can’t let information on the positive qualities of Stalin through federal channels. The principle, I think, is clear.
3. The system should create conditions for the identification of gifted children and the development of necessary talents.
4. As a consequence of Clause 3, system knowledge should not be prohibited, it should be allocated only to those who are ready to accept it.
5. Well, and finally, the main requirement: "The first rule of the fight club: no one should know about the existence of a fight club." The whole system should be disguised as tons of husk.
Creating such a system requires a lot of order at all levels of government. Only in this way can the necessary social structure of society be formed. Corruption, kickbacks and other delights are fundamentally unable to create a SYSTEM.
It looks extremely cynical, but what can you do. The practical goal is a dumb layman, watching TV, playing sports and supporting power. The science fiction writers screwed up, the Gurevich universe (see the novel "We Are From the Solar System") is in reality impossible.
P.S.
I don’t want to transfer the text to any thematic blog out of principle. Perhaps some individual points may seem controversial, but the idea itself is certainly true, because it has stood the test of time.
P.P.S.
Yes, this is a high-tech anthill. High school is not covered, because there are slightly different requirements.