tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14991800.post6260385769992528395..comments2024-03-28T00:47:31.110-04:00Comments on Natural Born Learners : Instead of EducationAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13181853187769838301noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14991800.post-12415113719548649982010-04-06T23:07:49.043-04:002010-04-06T23:07:49.043-04:00widen the spheres of free influence, that would be...widen the spheres of free influence, that would be Paul Goodman...Goodmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14991800.post-78151270026942268662010-04-05T08:57:15.792-04:002010-04-05T08:57:15.792-04:00Good points. Briefly Anarchy "proposes the co...Good points. Briefly Anarchy "proposes the cooperative and voluntary association of individuals and groups as the principal mode of organized society." <br />(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anarchy)<br />We are already living this way in many ways. We just need to "widen the circles of action," to quote an anarchist- Colin WardAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181853187769838301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14991800.post-48547268247589193792010-04-04T02:15:52.738-04:002010-04-04T02:15:52.738-04:00Would that be such a bad thing?
The idea that &q...Would that be such a bad thing? <br /><br />The idea that "anarchy" means lawlessness and social chaos is possibly today's most popular perception of the concept, but it can also mean simply allowing people to decide for themselves without waiting for instructions or official permission.<br /><br />Now that mobile digital technology has gifted us all the opportunity to learn anything anyhow anywhere anytime (see, for example, Gordon Dryden and Jeanette Vos's book "Unlimited" or Judy Breck's Handschooling.com website), such artificial educational devices as "a national curriculum for achools" - something now being introduced in Australia, where I live - are clearly representative of only a very thin slice of what is now readily accessible for everybody to learn. Why shouldn't we all be free to choose for ourselves what we believe we need to know to be successful in the world rather than assuming that nanny knows best?Bob Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08363227751288883746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14991800.post-21921603449116377202010-04-03T11:54:51.657-04:002010-04-03T11:54:51.657-04:00This would mean anarchyThis would mean anarchyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com