Someone tried to tell me that adults aren’t as good at learning as children.
I’m convinced that 13+ years of schooling distorts the way our brains naturally work. We are trained to learn on a regular, 8am-3pm, Monday-Friday schedule. Then we are released into the world as fully formed adults who have been coveted away from the way the world actually operates. We collapse into regular, 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday jobs because they are familiar.
It doesn’t have to happen like that. There has never been a better time to learn in human history.
Today I learned some fascinating things about Thomas Paine on the great Tom Woods Show.
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I don’t know if I’ll read David Benner’s book on the subject, but it will go on my long list of possible reads.
I do know I’ll be listening to a collection of writings by influential anarchists from a variety of standpoints. The Anarchist Handbook is a collection of essays organized by Michael Malice and I just borrowed the audiobook from the library.
We limit ourselves in so many ways. Physically, mentally, and spiritually we see doors closing. We fail to see how many doors of possibility open everyday. Home education and the learning lifestyle have taught me these things.
Now go learn something.