Your experience in the middle east reminds me of an old Mutt and Jeff cartoon that Peter Kreeft writes about: Jeff is standing next to a pile of stones with a lit lantern on top, in the middle of a road, at night. Mutt comes along, sizes up the situation, and asks, "Jeff did you put that lantern there?" "Yes, Mutt." "Why?" "To warn the cars away so they wouldn't crack up on the stones." "Oh, and did you put the stones there too?" "Yes, Mutt." "Why?" "To hold the lantern up, of course."
Khan Academy and the National Constitution Center are pushing a new online civics course, even using AI to coach kids through 'rational' debate of the issues. But your point hits the same against them as against Dreyfuss: we are not miseducated because we are polarized, we are polarized because we're miseducated. We don't need 'nice lessons'. Classical studies will help our children think clearly, avoid pure partisanism, and spreak truth.
Your experience in the middle east reminds me of an old Mutt and Jeff cartoon that Peter Kreeft writes about: Jeff is standing next to a pile of stones with a lit lantern on top, in the middle of a road, at night. Mutt comes along, sizes up the situation, and asks, "Jeff did you put that lantern there?" "Yes, Mutt." "Why?" "To warn the cars away so they wouldn't crack up on the stones." "Oh, and did you put the stones there too?" "Yes, Mutt." "Why?" "To hold the lantern up, of course."
Khan Academy and the National Constitution Center are pushing a new online civics course, even using AI to coach kids through 'rational' debate of the issues. But your point hits the same against them as against Dreyfuss: we are not miseducated because we are polarized, we are polarized because we're miseducated. We don't need 'nice lessons'. Classical studies will help our children think clearly, avoid pure partisanism, and spreak truth.