Musk: Schools teach tools instead of problems, like courses on screwdrivers
elonmusk · x · 2026-10-08
Elon Musk criticized the current approach to education, arguing that people "teach to the tool" rather than "teach to the problem" — analogous to offering courses on screwdrivers or wrenches without understanding why. The remark frames how learning should be organized around real problems, presumably with AI handling tool-level work.
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