The Education Factory
education factory is to serve the
economy. You and I are mere
commodities to be traded within
the market. Adam Smith was
right. The law of supply and
demand would come to rule all
aspects of our existence.
The question we need to ask
ourselves is two fold. Firstly,
is what you have in your skills
set what the market wants? In
other words, are you in demand?
Ultimately, we want to cultivate
Are your skills in demand? And
the skills and talents that will
secondly, is this how we want to
bring us maximum happiness –
be valued? Surely, every person
well what are those skills?
has an innate talent, a talent
that if nurtured would bring us
One thing is for sure; it will not
all Plato’s eudemon, even if the
be found nor nurtured in the
market doesn’t quite value it.
education factory. .
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