Stephen Downes

"Who retains the capacity for independent thought, and who controls the conditions under which others get to. The capacity to think clearly is stratifying by nation, by literacy, by wealth." So writes Ian O'Byrne. He's not wrong, but we need to understand that the answer isn't to go backwards - that takes us to a time when disparities were even worse. Still, the question of who gets to have agency, and ergo the education that makes it possible, is a fundamental social justice question.