09/03/2025

Bringing Goodwill to the Conversation

Learning is an argument designed to change minds

Education is distinct from learning. Organized education is a form of indoctrination and certification. Sometimes it leads to learning, but not always.

You can win at education by figuring out what's on the test (or what the boss wants) and parroting it back. In fact, that's the easiest way to do so.

Learning is an argument, a conversation designed to change minds. Learning happens long after we leave organized schooling, and it requires emotional enrollment. We're more likely to learn when we bring a desire to be transformed and to leave our previous assumptions behind.

Please select this link to read the complete article from Seth Grodin.