Liberal Art's Education

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Rasse: What do you see as the fundamental differences between sort of a liberal art's education or outlook, versus more more fa stem one? Rasse: I think it's hard to put into words, but i think it's really important to think about it. Most people would say that al your liberal art's Education is teaching you how to think. And what it means to me, to go beyond the cliche, is that a great education teaches you the power of a set of skills that are not obvious when you're studying facts or information.

What do crossing rivers and investing in stocks have in common? Real education is seeing the connection between things that seem very different. EconTalk's host Russ Roberts talks about education with Alex Aragona of the podcast, The Curious Task. Roberts argues that the ability to apply insights from one area to another with which we're unfamiliar is one of the ways that real education differs from the mere accumulation of knowledge. And when we combine insights from two areas into something completely new, we can not only navigate rivers and stock markets, but also scale the heights of the human experience.