Genius Is An Exceedingly Common Human Quality,

Curiosity Has No Important Place In My Work, Only Conformity.

I Don’t Think We’ll Get Rid Of Schools Any Time Soon, Certainly Not In My Lifetime, But If We’re Going To Change What’s Rapidly Becoming A Disaster Of Ignorance, We Need To Realize That The Institution “schools” Very Well, But It Does Not “educate”; That’s Inherent In The Design Of The Thing. It’s Not The Fault Of Bad Teachers Or Too Little Money Spent. It’s Just Impossible For Education And Schooling To Be The Same Thing.

• As Society Rapidly Changes, Individuals Will Have To Be Able To Function Comfortably In A World That Is Always In Flux. Knowledge Will Continue To Increase At A Dizzying Rate. This Means That A Content-based Curriculum, With A Set Body Of Information To Be Imparted To Students, Is Entirely Inappropriate As A Means Of Preparing Children For Their Adult Roles.

Teaching Is A Function, Not A Profession. Anything With Something To Offer Can Teach.

A Lot Of The Strings That Hold Us Like Puppets Are Really Inventions Of Our Own Minds. I'm Not Saying That There Aren't Armies And Police And Various Ways To Punish Deviants, But There Isn't Any Way To Punish A Large Number Of Deviants. It's Too Expensive To Even Try. So, The Solution Is To Colonize The Minds Of Children As They're Growing Up, So That They Become Their Own Police, And To Report On Others Who Are Deviating.