I think we have education all wrong. It is rarely useful to know general facts. Sure, I grant that we need to have an understanding of the backbone on which humanity has been formed. That said, being below how to relate at an elementary level of references is rarely an issue for anyone who is socially conditioned. The argument here is that facts will rarely endear you to others, rarely provide personal insights, rarely provide understanding, and rarely causes you to wish to learn more. The magic is in making distinctions and originating nuance in every aspect of the human experience. Everybody knows about the holocaust, that we live in North America, and that we seek love. How we feel about these, and all things, what we conjure in our imaginations when we project these ideas, and how it affects our behaviour that these things are facts is where all the 'stuff' of life resides. Understanding, motivation and sharing can occur when we complexify our ideas and feelings about our knowledge. There is a difference between learning something new and making new distinctions. One is of much greater substance.
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