Educators argue AI-era schooling must teach pursuit of happiness, not cog-making
RachelVT42 · x · 2026-10-30
Education writer Hannah Ward argues you can't understand the future of education without the future of work: conditional basic income paid for your data may emerge, but humans should strive beyond it. Rachel Vermont agrees, adding that education should return to basics—teaching kids how to pursue happiness—since Industrial Revolution-era schooling only produces useful cogs in the machine.
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