On: The most precious resource is agency

[poorjohnmacafee]

> Do children today have useful childhoods?

Well articulated. I always felt a visceral sense that childhood, the school world, and even arguably college for many feels like we're being kept in some weird pin sequestered from the real world.

As the author shows with early examples, this is not how it's ever been in human societies (as a default for everyone) prior to the last 100 years.

Could this be thought of as a massive experiment the Western first world is undertaking?

[grecy → poorjohnmacafee]

Yes, of course.

School that our western society has created quite recently exists for the purpose of keeping children off the labor market.

[elevenoh → grecy]

>School that our western society has created quite recently exists for the purpose of keeping children off the labor market.

There's a whole lot more reasons for our current schooling than this as a sole reason IMO.