Schools should teach futurism alongside history, not just STEM
mickeyxfriedman · x · 2026-09-25
The author argues schools should teach futurism alongside history, with a sci-fi curriculum inspiring a generation of engineers and giving them tools to reason about new technology. Without mental models of the future, students end up absorbing anti-datacenter propaganda on TikTok.
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