Alternative Education 2.0 in the Funky Age

Good afternoon friends and colleagues!

In light of the onset of the new academic season, I would like to discuss with you the crisis of modern education and get your opinion on a new startup in the educational sector “ Brainstream.ru ”.
I would like to share with you the main thoughts on the problems of the current education system and where should it go move.
Since I was born, I grew up and received education in Russia, I will speak about him. And more precisely - about humanitarian and business education, considering that its technical field in our country, despite all the problems, is still at an extremely high level!

We all know perfectly well that the modern general education system, starting from the school day, kills individuality and creativity in children and adolescents, in the vast majority of schools
(whether it be at least a gymnasium or at least an ordinary general school), children are not taught but made to report. Under the false flags of diversity and choice, the system imperceptibly guides people along one common path - plunging bright minds into a free cell of the matrix and firmly freezing “God's sparks”. It would seem that this global information mechanism for turning individuals into a soulless economic resource is ideal and works flawlessly. This is especially vividly observed in places not separated from the remnants of the “Soviet heritage”, where the word individuality could put an end to the future life of a person in Soviet society.


But there were always people who challenged the system. They opened their eyes, stocked up courage and began a conscious life. They followed their own path, different from generally accepted norms and rules. They recalled that the meaning of life is the constant pursuit of new goals and creation together with God himself. Thus, moving contrary to the system, these outstanding personalities occupied key positions in it, played the first roles. These people are successful businessmen, stars of art and show business. People sincerely loving their work, and betting on a love of the process, not a love of cash flow.
Everyone knows these surnames: Jobs, Gates, Branson, Dymov, Tinkov, Bocharsky, Chichvarkin, Avetisyan and many other worthy people whose surnames I can’t remember, but I actively use the result of their mental work :)


Modern business “in the era of funk” requires every person the impossible - to be a leader with superpowers. To be, if you like, God - combining a thousand skills, creative mind, abilities for overconcentration, view and breadth of interests covering all areas of the universe. According to the majority, this is exactly what “a true entrepreneur” is - and it is precisely these kind of super-talent that top corporations dream of getting themselves.

The main problems of education today are the discrepancy with the speed of the new media world and the underestimation of the development of the creative side of the personality. It is about imagination and the ability to transform fiction into reality. It is possible, but this also needs to be learned. First of all - independently and in practice. But this requires some pushing impulses. In the 90s in Russia such impulses were natural - the desire to live better. What now? From the earliest years, children have “everything”. They lose interest, a false sense of satiety appears. There is always something to strive for and where to grow, but many simply don’t think about it. If this desire at first glance seems so distant, complex and unstable, then why take the risk? Better to relax and surrender to the tide. Downshifting in action!

Creative expert Sir Kin Robinson in his speech 2 years ago talked about how the British school system crushes creativity in children and how society can solve this problem.
What resources do you need to attract? What tools are needed for this? Who should lead this movement?

At Brainstream, we believe that regular (1-2 times a month) seminars with outstanding personalities are capable of creating a serious information mechanism. The seminar was attended by 150 people, they shared their impressions with their friends. It was 150, it became 1000. Further - more. The natural spread of ideas.

We believe that organizing conferences like TEDopen forums for the free flow of ideas - accessible to any member of our society (from schoolchildren to 80 year old academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences) is capable of breaking the existing education system. It is able to influence the younger generation, which can really change the reality around them, and which needs the EXPERIENCE of SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE , with whom they are practically devoid of interaction. Having discarded the academic touch and established an atmosphere of free communication where Evgeny Chichvarkin can openly say the word x @ th to everyone expressing his thoughts we can understand the world of these obscure but successful people

We would like to hold our first forum this fall, perhaps in the middle of October. It will be devoted to the above-mentioned problem and the search for methods for solving it. We want to create a truly unique solution in the field of new education, education 2.0 that would cover all the “hot” topics of our time: new media, new business, web N + 1 and many other areas that are not yet open to the academic environment.

We want to hear your opinion, the opinion of those who manage their own lives and believe that they can change the system. What topics would you be interested in? What kind of people would you call? What would you ask them? What would you change?

After all, education is the future of each of us ...

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Perhaps this text will seem serious and pompous, but in fact it is not! :) we are a team of young torn guys who get high from their work and are aware of the fact that together we can do more! I hope that viewing our “video” will confirm this fact;)

Thank you, your Brainstream ;)