Is Education a Scam?

One of the hottest debates in our generation is whether formal education is still relevant. For many reasons, the value of a traditional classroom is being called into question. At the top of the list is the fact that the internet now provides instant access to more knowledge and resources than many schools can offer. Somewhere down the list is a growing loss of confidence in the education system—driven, in part, by the rise of controversial ideologies in school curricula, from extreme gender identity politics and critical race theory to hyper-political environmentalism and historical revisionism. In this podcast, we dive deep into these issues, exploring the challenges, the opportunities, and what the future of education might look like.