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Schooling Aims to Produce Disciplined Workers

The current school system is structured to produce disciplined workers—training children to sit at desks, complete assigned tasks on command, and be scored and graded—because the economy currently needs workers, but in a world without jobs we could instead raise children to cultivate appreciation of art, literature, conversation, humor, physical activity, and nature.

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Speaker

Nicholas Bostrom

Evidence Quote

You are assigned little tasks to do that you have to do. Why? Because the teacher tells you to do them; and then you're scored and graded and there's a quality control stamp at the end of it

Source

Purpose, Pleasure, and Meaning in a World Without Work (with Nicholas Bostrom)EconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:04:44 AM

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