Dumbing Us Down vs The idea of a university: Which Should You Read?

Dumbing Us Down John Taylor Gatto · 1991 ★★★★☆ 4.1 104 pages · ≈ 1 h 56 m · Challenging

“Networks don’t require the whole person, only a narrow piece. If, on the other hand, you function in a network, it asks you to suppress all the parts of yourself except the network-interest part — a highly unnatural act although one you can get used to. …If you enter into too many of these bargains, you will split yourself into many specialized pieces, none of them completely human.”

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The idea of a university John Henry Newman · 1873 ★★★★☆ 4.1 527 pages · ≈ 9 h 46 m · Demanding

A series of lectures about the purpose of Universities in society.