# School vs. progress

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**Published on:** 2021-11-19
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School vs. progress “Will this be on the test?” is a question invented by industrialists. It’s the cornerstone of traditional schooling at scale, because it is such an effective way to indoctrinate kids to become cogs in the system. And it’s almost an accident that we manage to make progress, because we’ve spent so much time encouraging citizens to maintain the status quo: Follow vs. lead Copy vs. innovate Authority vs. responsibility Compete vs. cooperate Comply vs. invent Answer vs. ask Correct vs. possible Fast-growing organizations and bold leaders want to hire people who have the second skill in the table above. And yet we’re working overtime to encourage the first. What’s on your transcript?

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