51 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford OP 8 Apr \ parent \ on: An Inch Deep and a Mile Wide mostly_harmless
That's very interesting. Here's something else to think about. I forget the exact dates but I would argue that it is possible for one to be a very intelligent scholar today. I don't think the amount of information that is USEFUL has increased to a point where many people are incapable of human scholarship.
Consider the change in education away from a classical education model to the modern industrial Prussian education model which does not intend to create scholars. The intention is to produce good compliant citizens. In other words, the masses are being dumbed down into submission. That's my thought.
This is why I believe government schooling is one of the most evil systems in US society. Like the most evil systems it pretends to be good.
I don't think the amount of information that is USEFUL has increased to a point where many people are incapable of human scholarship.
That's an interesting thought. The genesis of my nym is that people are blinded by whichever discipline they're subscribed to and they don't appreciate the insights from beyond it.
There's undoubtedly some version of the 80-20 principle (maybe the second order 64-4), where you can have a very broad general knowledge if you can identify the most valuable insights and not worry about the 96% of less valuable details and esoterica.
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