The Shocking Truth About Education Revealed Through a Simple Model of Society Experiment

Imagine a small island with 100 residents, where each person values two simple things in life: food and social connection. The island is lush with resources, allowing the inhabitants to produce 1000 units of food and maintain a rich social network. In this simplified model of society, food represents the fundamental necessities of life, while social connection embodies the more spiritual, emotional aspects of living.

The residents of the island live in harmony, allocating their time between producing food and nurturing relationships. However, one day, an innovative resident named Alex invents a tool that allows for more efficient food production. With Alex's invention, the island can produce 1500 units of food using the same amount of time.

This groundbreaking discovery sparks excitement among the residents. They decide to split their time equally, using Alex's tool to produce more food while preserving time for their social connections. As a result, they allocate 50% of their time to food production and 50% to relationships.

Meanwhile, a mysterious, wispy figure called 'The Bureaucrat' emerges, claiming the authority to govern and regulate the flow of knowledge, services, and resources on the island. The figure creates jobs, institutions, and regulations, stating the intention of overseeing the distribution of excess food, time management, and preserving the equilibrium of social connections.

As time goes by, 'The Bureaucrat' claims that the state has an obligation to handle everything because nobody chooses it out of their own will. In the face of rising resource production, stagnant performance by citizens, and high malaise rates, the residents become entrenched in an entrenched argument about power. A centralizing vision emerges, gaining the support of around 30% of an influential coalition of islanders.

This leaves the island divided, with increasing political tensions as time goes on. The idea of shared common space and communalism disintegrates into more narrow definitions that continue to deepen and further distance individuals. Time spent in nature passes from an ever-increasing 40% towards perhaps reaching an 80% reduced to social activity and less leisure pursuits.

Although seemingly unconnected to our roots when assessing societal troubles, the current state represents the fundamental problem with education as we tell the story. Education exists to stimulate cultural memory roots through human resources generated towards building deeper 'routes' to assist it flourish. However, under the watchful eye of 'The Bureaucrat', our fundamental systems built as the ideal representation to improve progress were manipulated across different scenarios generating constant flow and controlling time. In this image of so many institutionalized people of so different walks is precisely embodied within contemporary knowledge networks constructed under the banner of so many undercurrent institutions of conformity.