Comment on How different would the world be if school never ended but you could leave anytime you elect to?
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 3 weeks ago
I think I was fine with school ending at some point. Focusing on new things... Trading in some annoying obligations for others. I don't think I'd elect to come back unless it's just every now and then.
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, I’m 100% glad to be out of school but as a society we just kinda accept that school should end and then you only do work. Just wish we could reverse that idea. That people who are capable were given more opportunity to explore all the different possibilies this world contains.
How interesting would it be if you stopped you and your grocer store clerk could get into a conversation about their dissertation on dark matter or something.
Think, in a future with complete automation why can’t this be a possibility?
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 3 weeks ago
Agree. I'm not sure if the grocery store clerk will be a human in that scenario and not a robot... But I'd like to live and see humanity arrive at some post-scarcity utopia like Star Trek. Where everyone can choose to do whatever they like, because all the basic needs are met. And all the mundane tasks are done by automation. I'd certainly learn a lot. There are some skills and languages that'd I'd like to try or maybe even master.
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sure, the clerk might be a robot. Just pointing out that even though you might not pursue a career in theoretical physics there might be people who are very interested in it anyway.