A liberal education makes the world "so, so interesting," he says. It allows you to step outside yourself and look down on yourself in a smithy and impartial observer way - which is one of the most powerful things a person can do. He asks: Is it faster now because i've been here a while, or is it something else going on there?
How do books change our lives? Educator and author Roosevelt Montás of Columbia University talks about his book Rescuing Socrates with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Drawing on his own educational and life journey, Montás shows how great books don't just teach us stuff--they get inside us and make us who we are.