The article critiques the contemporary view of learning, arguing that automation has replaced the struggle and friction intrinsic to the learning process. It reflects on how past educational experiences framed suffering and hard work as foundational to becoming educated. While recognizing the potential benefits of technology in facilitating knowledge, the author warns that losing this struggle may diminish the very essence of human creativity and critical thinking that the smooth, automated processes aim to enhance.
The version of 'learning' that built saints out of suffering and heroes out of memory work is dead. The sacred pilgrimage through confusion and hardship has been automated.
We mythologized human learning as a rite of passage. If you could survive the boredom and confusion, then you earned the right to be educated.
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