>I am addressing the part about not being lifelong learners.
I'm not disagreeing with you but I do want to point out that your semantics of "lifelong learner" is not the same as msluyter's:
msluyter's "lifelong learner": self-directed, self-motivated learning driven by inner curiosity. Perhaps another word would be auto-didact[1].
KGIII's "lifelong learner": the learner's brains can continue to receive new knowledge well into old age especially if an outside factor (e.g. you the employer) provide structured education
Your definition isn't wrong... but it differs from msluyter's so you're talking past each other.
The "motivated by curiousity" part should be irelevant imo and so should be preference for self direction as opposed preference for classroom setting.
More meaningful definition is the one about what the person does - continuously learning whole life. Whether it is curiosity or feeling of duty or attempt to mimic some role model in the past or pragmatical strategy should not matter.
I'm not disagreeing with you but I do want to point out that your semantics of "lifelong learner" is not the same as msluyter's:
msluyter's "lifelong learner": self-directed, self-motivated learning driven by inner curiosity. Perhaps another word would be auto-didact[1].
KGIII's "lifelong learner": the learner's brains can continue to receive new knowledge well into old age especially if an outside factor (e.g. you the employer) provide structured education
Your definition isn't wrong... but it differs from msluyter's so you're talking past each other.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodidacticism