(II) Conformity = Dispensability
“With the race to bottom, we are trained to believe that being functionaries is advantageous.”
Resistance To Change In Our Thinking Is Problematic
The education system has brainwashed children into believing that jobs are static. Children, and adults are trained to believe that following instructions is the most useful means of acquiring stability, wealth, and happiness. This is clearly a falsehood, because in reality subservience is the goal of management. Modern education is designed to train people to be cogs within government or private sector organisations.
School was about: a) conformity, b) following commands, c) using the right pencil, d) making notes, e) showing-up, f) cramming for exams, g) having clarity in writing, h) having good grammar, i) buying what others are buying, j) not thinking outside the box, k) not upsetting authority, l) getting a university degree, m) having a strong CV, n) not failing, o) not embarrassing yourself, p) being good at sports, q) knowing a little about a lot many subjects, r) moving on after the test….Capitalists need compliant workers, those that are productive.
Mediocre obedience is at the core of the education system of the 20th and early 21st century, according to Godin. At school you learned to fear imperfection, and that the total score is an absolute ceiling that you must reach. Godin argues that YOU have been scammed into higher education, it’s a giant con where you are not the real winner. You have tried to conform making yourselves increasingly less useful, and dispensable, you have taken orders without innovating or asking why. Being able to tell people that you have a specific job was always an important measure amongst the babyboomers. My son is a lawyer, never mind that he hates himself. Education has made us docile, but we are hunters, and farmers at our primordial core.