Education for Uncertain Futures

As young people face an ever more uncertain climate beyond education join our panel as they ask; can our educators afford not to become more radically futures-aware?

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[ihnlChiv]

are these available as podcasts as video and audio?

[theRSAorg]

@ihnlChiv yes they are available, you can subscribe to our podcasts (full audio) and vodcasts (video highlights) on iTunes. Audio itunes.apple.com/podcast/rsa-e­vents-audio/id303639958 and video itunes.apple.com/podcast/rsa-e­vents-vision-videos/id32580817­8

[stellarshore]

we are obsessed with procrastinating and prolonging life instead of living it. sex, drugs and alcohol, pony rides and sailing, all that good shit gets wasted on ultra conservative behaviour. teach kids how to have fun while educating them christ sake, our world is becoming more LIKE A FUCKIN BORG SHIP! teach them to stay healthy, to listen to thier feelings, to learn to be confident and hear people.

[MrJonnyRamone]

@GeoSolus I think you missed the point. The education system has been the same for over a hundred years

[felpaluche]

Scary is the title. Scary is the world's future.

[StormAndy123]

@GeoSolus actually he said "you could argue it's a little bit worse" 7:05 listen 5 more seconds apparently you can read write and count but not listen :P

[jhoughtaling1]

@Cardywhite111 She failed to credit John Lennon for that one."Beautiful boy" is the song.I agree with her, just saying.

[mba2ceo]

@nbaprophet100 autodidacts create the greatest minds. No indoctrination of accept concepts. Students should be taught to learn NOT retain.

[nbaprophet100]

@mba2ceo

True. People should be pushed to be autodidacts because you get the best performance at your own pace.

[mba2ceo]

Education is a scam ... 99% of education is useless. All a person needs is to learn to read, write and math ... the rest he can learn on his own.

[Dreamagister]

Thank you. I liked the panel a lot. It reminded me of the foresight project for Russian government I was part of few years ago. Surprizingly, people in different countries find very similar insights, but then get crushed when face the public education system and its tremendous resistance to change. As a result, few inspirational speeches turn into real projects and the topic fades away for some time to be rediscovered in some totally other place few years later :).

[sylve6]

education is just business primary gall get money fore every kids indoctrinated sol.

thats why education sucks because it is just indoctrination. no one are intrastate to get kids smart and ask questions about corrupt society. live this inspirational bull shit to your school advertising everybody knows that its bullshit . explain too kids about government fraud like 9/11 ore bailing out wall-street . canbis, fiction oile shortage and price can you say truth in school?

[crazytrain7114]

the entire problem with the education system is that there are too many uncared about children being " educated" by uncaring teachers. reading, writing and 'rithmatic is what should be taught in schools, not jonny has two mommies, cows are people, too, and, we suck, because we are human. education is up to the parents, NOT schools