Quote of the day
Posted on December 19th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
The important thing is to have the correct, logical, sensible, rational way of looking at the world. Because, to be honest, facts are cheap now, and they’re getting cheaper by the day. It’s understanding that is at a premium - actually knowing what the hell the facts mean. Any educational system which just hammers facts into your head is going to go the way of the dodo.
-Samizdata editor Perry de Havilland, in this recorded conversation with Brian Micklethwait (see also here), on how the internet and search may change education