Opportunities In Education About opportunities for investment & innovation in education, and thoughts on how we can build education institutions in the future.
Education as we know it is broken. "Schools do an excellent job of training for excellence, where there are clearly bounded domains, and it’s known exactly what has to be done to be successful. But they’re terrible at training for genius — innovation no one can predict."
The world is changing at a rapid pace, so everyone should be learning, unlearning and relearning. There's a new wave of startups unbundling education, and I'm excited to see how the landscape shifts in the coming years.
Some things that excite me:
- Cloud powered schools - Using the right technology to build schools with quality at scale
- Peer learning - Peer-powered learning. Learning by watching what others in your network do.
- Future of Credentialing - When being part of a network affords you a credential. A seal of quality. We all know that people go to top tier business schools for this privilege, but surely there are better ways to do this.
I also hope that schools teach two things close to my heart: 1) mental models 2) financial literacy. It seems like a crime to not have these as mandatory subjects!
The Age Of Infinite Leverage "We live in the age of infinite leverage – an era where anyone with a laptop can choose to build and scale without permission. Follow your intellectual curiosity more than whatever is the current shiny flashy thing. If your curiosity ever leads you to a place where society eventually wants to go, you’ll get paid extremely well."
You don't have to trade your time for output if you find ways to increase your input-to-output ratio. I highly recommend that you find ways to unlock your own leverage. Maximize the output of your work. A newsletter is a great way to start.
Sahil Bloom's Threads Sahil is a talented storyteller who writes educational threads about business, finance and mental models. Here are some of my favorites: First Principles Thinking, Second Order Thinking, Compounding 101.
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