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Note
Email Being Sent to World
Academics/Educators with PDF Print of “A Summary …”
(For the Benefit of Those
Readers to Whom I Don’t Have Email Access)
Greetings
for a Happy New Year 2015!
Attached is
a summary of the ideas explored in the writings I sent you over the past two-and-half
years or so about a global problem that significantly impacts human wellbeing for
the worse.
Thesis
of the writings was that while our ability to understand the world and interact
with others is dependant on information bases in our brains, they are
largely unique to individuals, and thus that there is no adequate common ground
for people to smoothly interact among themselves for optimal, or even
satisfactory, societal functioning. The
writings suggested an effective but a partial solution to the problem through a
small but vital modification to the world basic education system – a partial solution
since a comprehensive one is virtually impossible given the nature of the functioning of the human brain (see also
“1 – Introduction”) and will be effective for future generations rather than
the present one.
While there
are numerous areas that are in need of urgent improvement in the world
education system, most importantly regarding the purpose of education in today’s complex world (the current system
is the outcome of haphazard incremental tinkering over historical time to
already flawed entities in futile efforts to meet ever increasing societal
demands, but has not kept pace and is thus hindering to human wellbeing, not to
mention progress),*** the writings have, by and large, kept the focus on the crucial problem
area mentioned, given its widespread devastating impacts on humanity at large.
I hope you
find the summary and this email helpful in putting in perspective the ideas in
the writings and the education scene in general.
Yours
faithfully,
Rifat Afeef
(from the Maldives
