How should education change?

How the answer evolved · oldest first

1. Jan 6, 2024 · Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · asked by Peter Diamandis

   Q: Do you think any of our schools today, middle schools or high schools, are preparing any of our kids for the future?

   Well, none that I know of. Well, they might. I mean there might, there probably are a few schools that are doing it, but probably 99% of schools are not. Yeah, schools are very slow to change. And I think that. Does seem to move away from teaching the fundamentals of writing well and math and history. I'm concerned about the whole woke agenda and ideology permeating through education. Agreed. And actually being …

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2. Jan 22, 2024 · European Jewish Association · asked by Ben Shapiro

   Q: What is the solution for universities in the United States as well as abroad?

   I think we need to return to where things were or mostly were, which is a focus on merit. And it doesn't matter whether you're a man, woman what race you are, what beliefs you have. What matters is how good are you at your job or what are your skills you know, you could be a three legged green Martian,

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3. Jan 22, 2024 · European Jewish Association · asked by Ben Shapiro

   Q: How do you merge the need for technological development with the building of those local institutions?

   Yeah, actually, I should say there were really three things that were my strong recommendation visiting Israel. One is obviously one has to get rid of Hamas fighters who where reform is impossible. Their only goal is to kill Israelis. They ought to be either killed or imprisoned, because otherwise they will simply kill more Israelis. Then the second thing is you've got to change the indoctrination in the schools so …

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4. Oct 19, 2024 · America PAC Town Hall: Harrisburg, PA · asked by Audience Member

   Q: Can you help those Rileys of the world out, please?

   Well, I think there are a lot of issues with college education. It's gotten very expensive because the administrative portion of colleges and universities has grown dramatically compared to the educational portion. So you say like how much is actually spent on teaching people?

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5. Nov 30, 2025 · People by WTF · asked by Nikhil Kamath

   Q: Do you think kids should go to college anymore?

   Well, I mean I think if you want to go to college for social reasons, I think, which is a, I think a reason to go to be around people your own age in a learning environment. Will these skills be necessary in the future? Probably not because we're going to be in like a post work society. But I think if something's of interest, it's fine to go and study that. To study that the sciences are the arts and sciences.

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6. Nov 30, 2025 · People by WTF · asked by Nikhil Kamath

   Q: Is college a bit too generalized and not specific from that lens?

   You know. Yeah, I actually think it's good to take a wide range of courses at college if you're going to go to college. I don't think you have to go to college, but I think if you do just try to learn as much as possible across a wide range of subjects. But like I said, the AI and robots, AI and robotics is a supersonic tsunami. So this is really going to be the most radical change that we've ever seen. When I've …

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• @elonmusk · Jan 31, 2024

  @TrungTPhan The value of an “elite” college education is not what it used to be

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