006: Conformity & Compliance

09/17/09 • 36 min

School Sucks: Higher Education For Self-Liberation

(Introduction to the Hidden Lessons of School)

Topic:
Introducing the three aims of public education:
blind obedience, assimilation, and the surrender of self-ownership
The Matrix and Plato's Allegory of the Cave
What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it's all about?

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(Introduction to the Hidden Lessons of School)

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Previous Episode

005: Authoritarian Absurdities vs. The Philosophy of Liberty

A Young Person's Guide to Politics III(Conclusion)

Topic:
A comparison between a cluster of degrading and crippling ideas (referenced throughout the show as the "Authoritarian Absurdities") which I believe are prerequisites for embracing the political process and...The Philosophy of Liberty, based on the principles of self-ownership and property rights.

A brief discussion of popular rationalizations for these absurdities and my rebuttals.

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Next Episode

007: (Hidden Lesson One) - Obedience Is A Virtue?

The first in a series of episodes aimed at detailing and dismantling specific elements of the destructive hidden curriculum in public education.

Topic:
An experience I had with students last Saturday led to a web of ideas about the problem of obedience training and about the philosophical path toward the solution...

The effect of this obedience training on 3 Values:
Reason, Purpose and Self-Esteem

“There is no neutral education. Education is either for domestication or for freedom.” -Joao Coutinho

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