An essay on the role of education in the future

https://aeon.co/ideas/how-much-can-we-afford-to-forget-if-we-train-machines-to-remember

As we are getting more into the 21st century the need to change our educational style is increasing.

• No longer do we need so many of the facts that were crammed into our heads as children. We now have Google for that.
• For the bibliographic details of our friends we have a phone.
• To find our way from A to B we now have Sat Nav’s.
• Calculators have replaced the need for mental arithmetic
• Email has mostly replaced letter writing.
• Smart watches are replacing our diaries.
• Fit bits are monitoring our health.
• Handsfree devices allow us to talk when we cannot use our phones.
• Hive thermostats can control the heating in our homes.
• Alexa can control your lighting.
• Google assistant can control your music collection.
• Amazon tabs can order your favourite items.
• Siri knows far more about you than anyone else does (as does Facebook).
• E readers are possibly replacing books.
• Netflix are replacing the television stations.
• Air B and B is changing travel accommodation.
• Uber is revolutionizing travel transportation.
• Just Eat is controlling where we get our takeaways from.
• Cars no longer need keys for the ignition.

I)What else are we able to do without in order to increase the time available to ourselves for creative interests?

II)Are you scared by how much technology exists in our lives, it’s ability to learn and possibly to go rogue at some point?

III)Are we turning into mindless robots being programmed by exposure to so much media and our subsequent consumption of it?

IV)What does it mean to be human nowadays as we are relying more and more on technology for our every need?

Best wishes

Angela