Stop Stealing Dreams (what is school for?) - Seth Godin

13. Which came first, the car or the gas station?
The book publisher or the bookstore?
Culture changes to match the economy, not the other way around. The economy
needed an institution that would churn out compliant workers, so we built it.
Factories didn’t happen because there were schools; schools happened because
there were factories.
The reason so many people grow up to look for a job is that the economy has
needed people who would grow up to look for a job.
Jobs were invented before workers were invented.
In the post-job universe, workers aren’t really what we need more of, but schools
remain focused on yesterday’s needs.
14. The wishing and dreaming problem
If you had a wish, what would it be? If a genie arrived and granted you a wish,
would it be a worthwhile one?
I think our wishes change based on how we grow up, what we’re taught, whom
we hang out with, and what our parents do.