tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post7480955347726779893..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: We Were Builders Once, and Strong T. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-14810399968523298082020-11-06T13:22:02.108-08:002020-11-06T13:22:02.108-08:00You've equated "problem identifying"...You've equated "problem identifying" with "problem solving". Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-16487233789483031922020-10-26T22:41:10.866-07:002020-10-26T22:41:10.866-07:00That's not how I read it. Surely this educati...That's not how I read it. Surely this education was far worse than what we have today (if not, I have some questions...). These gains aren't because it was an objectively great educational system, rather it was the difference between having no education and any at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-30482746207137424782020-10-23T10:20:21.213-07:002020-10-23T10:20:21.213-07:00We will be again. I hope I live long enough to se...We will be again. I hope I live long enough to see it.Lexington Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14413546490641321620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-63309672010560639512020-10-22T10:03:40.599-07:002020-10-22T10:03:40.599-07:00Good post, both this one and your original one tha...Good post, both this one and your original one that it refers to, but I do take some issue with the manner in which you elide "jointly solving novel problems" and "a culture that builds" as though they are one and the same. They are not.<br /><br />There's a lot of talk, on varying modes on both the left and the right (moreso on the right 30 years ago, moreso on the left Big Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-53012471918705304382020-10-22T02:31:38.778-07:002020-10-22T02:31:38.778-07:00The historical perspective contrasting the North a...The historical perspective contrasting the North and the South and the US and Britain seems like the narcissism of small differences to be honest. <br /><br />Reminds me of how when I looked into assertations of high White murder rates in the Southern US, due to the "Southern Culture of Honor", that turned out to probably translate into a present day murder rate that's at most 2x Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-81792275750547671662020-10-21T17:08:59.672-07:002020-10-21T17:08:59.672-07:00The problem with higher education today is it is r...The problem with higher education today is it is rotten. You yourself has written about that. Also, how does Germany manage to maintain their industrial base with their greater emphasis on vocational training?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-71529956158831118942020-10-21T15:29:27.721-07:002020-10-21T15:29:27.721-07:00Contrast the description of the 19th c. US educati...Contrast the description of the 19th c. US education system with the contemporary one. Nowadays we tend to think of the Education system as stomping creativity flat by training kids to guess the teacher's answer and deal with all problems by whining at the bureaucracy.<br /><br />So I guess the US education system actually worked before Rockefeller got a hold of it.Eugine Niernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-19620036269682600272020-10-21T14:03:55.819-07:002020-10-21T14:03:55.819-07:00I think the capability is still there. But for wha...I think the capability is still there. But for what purpose? To what ends?<br />https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/warren-buffett-black-lives-matterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com