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Michael
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“How harmful overspecialization is. It cuts knowledge at a million points and leaves it bleeding.”
― Prelude to Foundation
― Prelude to Foundation
“he wondered, did so many people spend their lives not trying to find answers to questions—not even thinking of questions to begin with? Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?”
― Prelude to Foundation
― Prelude to Foundation
“School appropriates the money, men, and good will available for education and in addition discourages other institutions from assuming educational tasks. Work, leisure, politics, city living, and even family life depend on schools for the habits and knowledge they presuppose, instead of becoming themselves the means of education.”
― Deschooling Society
― Deschooling Society
“Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting. Most people learn best by being "with it," yet school makes them identify their personal, cognitive growth with elaborate planning and manipulation.”
― Deschooling Society
― Deschooling Society
“The right of free assembly has been politically recognized and culturally accepted. We should now understand that this right is curtailed by laws that make some forms of assembly obligatory. This is especially the case with institutions which conscript according to age group, class, or sex, and which are very time-consuming. The army is one example. School is an even more outrageous one.”
― Deschooling Society
― Deschooling Society
Michael’s 2025 Year in Books
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202 books
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120 friends
1 book
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320 books
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203 books
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198 friends
85 books
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33 friends
6 books
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64 friends
1 book
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93 friends
28 books
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87 friends
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