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Two Reasons Why Education Is Infinitely Valuable
Although many social influencers would like to make you believe that education is losing its value, they are far from the truth. Education will forever be invaluable in our world.
Here are two reasons that many people miss that makes education invaluable in our society.
The Ever-Growing Need for Deep Knowledge
As we learn more about the world around us, surface-level knowledge will no longer be enough to generate good ideas. In fact, it never has been enough. Many of our greatest innovations have come about from people delving deep into a particular topic.
A quick google search is okay if you want an answer. However, if we seek to solve many of the challenges in the world today, we need deeper knowledge than just yes or no answers. And for that, we need education.
The Humbling Effect
Socrates is quoted saying:
“The more I learn, the less I realise I know.”
As we learn more, we realise that we know much less than we think we do. Unfortunately, when we seek to not educate ourselves, we walk around believing we know a lot more than we think. As a result, we are less likely to…
