What Does It Mean To Be an Educated Person?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Charles L. Slater: What Does It Mean To Be an Educated Person?, September 19, 2005

Is this list right? I mean, it sounds like part Rudyard Kipling and part Robert A. Heinlein. And while those authors resonate with me, I will nonetheless probably never be a musician or an althlete, my poetry is best kept private, and I will certainly never subscribe to the simple moral theory suggested by the author. And it seems to me that an educated person not only knows how to lead, but also how and when and why to follow as well. More...