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Russ Roberts on Education

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Exploring the Wisdom of the Past

Who you are is not simply a product of your genetic endowment that you get from your biological parents. You come into the world as a thinking, semi fully realized adult at 18 or 21,. But you're influenced in all kinds of ways by currents that you don't fully appreciate. And understanding that is useful. It can allow you to flourish in a way that wouldn't be possible for someone coming from a different background, different culture. Ah, it's amazing how easyth it is for us to imagine that we're just a blank slave ican believe whatever i want. I think part of education is what brought us about the past and where we stand as individuals and as communities.

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