Naval Ravikant quotes on education

Short thread of quotes that I liked the most

Free education is abundant, all over the Internet. It's the desire to learn that's scarce

The skills you really want can’t be taught, but they can be learned

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If you need a degree to do it, it’s not going to make you wealthy

The overeducated are worse off than the undereducated, having traded common sense for the illusion of knowledge @naval

Lasting novels don’t come from literature departments.

Successful businesses don’t come from business schools.

Scientific revolutions don’t come from research universities

Get your education, then get moving. Find the loners tinkering at the edge

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It's not about "educated" v "un-educated." It's about "likes to read" and "doesn't like to read

If the primary purpose of school was education, the Internet should obsolete it. But school is mainly about credentialing
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The ideal school would teach health, wealth, and happiness.

It‘d be free, self-paced, and available to all.

It‘d show opposing ideas and students would self-verify truth.

No grades, no tests, no diplomas - just learning.

You’re already here. Careful who you follow

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Lots of literacy in modern society, but not enough numeracy. Coding is the new literacy.

The Internet will obsolete the industrial education system, just like it's obsoleting every other physical purveyor of information goods

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