Disclaimer
The opinions in this post (and every other post on this website for that matter) are strictly Sham's opinions. From my brain, to yours. 💙
FREE EDUCATION! FREE EDUCATION!
Before we dive in, let's talk system architecture. I strongly believe education should be free, and my logic is simple: You can't blame a node for being unoptimized if you've locked the update behind a paywall.
When we put a price tag on learning, we guarantee an unequal system. But here's the glitch: those now 'uneducated' individuals don't just disappear, they remain vital parts of the community.
That's not a personal failure.
That's a system design flaw.
Because in the end, both the educated and the uneducated don't live in separate worlds.
And if part of that system is under-informed, under-equipped, or left behind, the whole system feels it.
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Even in the wild, animals 'educate' their young without a fee structure. If they can pass on the source code of survival for free, surely humans, with all our "superior" logic, can do better.
The school System
Analogy alert. If I had to explain the education system in tech terms, I'd call it binary.
Just like in computing, everyone in this system is either a 0 or a 1.
- The teacher is the 1 , the source of knowledge
- The student is the 0 , the receiver of knowledge
Yes, sometimes a student teaches something back. But the system itself is rigid. It defines roles before interaction even begins. You don't walk into a classroom wondering who might teach who today.
The school of life system
Sticking to the above analogy, then life feels a lot closer to quantum computing. Stay with me...
Think about Quantum Bit (qubits).
A qubit isn't just a 0 or a 1.
It can be both, at the same time, until it's observed.
In the "school of life":
- You are not strictly a teacher
- You are not strictly a student
You are both.
At the same time, until observed!
Everyone, Everything
Once enrolled, learning becomes less about authority and more about awareness.
You begin to realize:
- Anyone can teach you something
- Anything can shift your perspective
- Every experience carries a lesson
Not because it was designed to teach you, but because you are open to learning.
School fee
It's a bit ironic. We built systems where access to learning depends on what you can pay. Yet, the most important lessons don't come from those systems at all.
Unlike the formal school system that demands a mountain of money for "school fees," the School of Life is truly open-source. There is no paywall and no financial barrier to entry.
The only fee you ever have to pay is attention.
How to enroll in-to the school of life
You don't need a registration form. You don't need a degree. You don't need a loan. Enrollment begins the moment you become aware.
See, in quantum computing, a qubit is either a 0 or a 1 until observed. Something called superposition. Interestingly, once observed, the value becomes fixed and the 'observer' can tell if the qubit is a 0 or a 1! Interesting indeed.
In the School of Life, everyone and everything exists in a state of educational superposition. At any given second, you are both the teacher and the student.
I therefore argue, awareness is your observation tool. Awareness is also the currency "Attention Fee" I mentioned earlier. And once you pay it, the curriculum reveals itself everywhere.
Hello Classmate!
Once I became aware, I found myself learning from:
- people younger than me
- people with zero technical background
- mistakes I didn't plan for
- nature - my favorite class sessions!!!
None of these came labeled as “lessons”.
They only became lessons because I was paying attention.
One moment, I'm explaining something like I've mastered it.
Next moment, I'm completely lost, learning from someone I never expected to learn from...
Stay Curious,
Sham.
