You don’t need to force people to learn things, in the same way, you don’t need to force them to eat, drink, or sleep.Reform does not mean getting rid of grades, exams, it’s not a top-down reform of the entire structure.When failures have extreme consequences for students’ future (getting the job that you want, losing your scholarship), there is no room for humanness.“There is no such thing as singular truth in such a school because truth and knowledge are fluid constructs.” – Dylan Selterman.Student-driven learning is an alternative educational model that emphasizes freedom of academic inquiry and social equality between students and faculty.What would an alternative educational model look like?.They don’t share the same rights as faculty, staff, and administration (lack of democratic values).Today students have very little control over the information that goes into their minds.The teacher is an ideological power figure that forces information into students’ minds via mandatory reading, assignments, and exams.Most modern university systems operate in a top-down hierarchical model.However, in the contemporary academic context, curiosity takes a back seat to root memorization and high-stakes testing.The more curious people are, the more they respect different viewpoints.Check out Heterodox Out Loud Episode Page & Show Notes.This Week in Startups with Jason Calacanis.The Unraveling Podcast with Jocko Willink and Darryl Cooper.Spearhead with Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi.Christopher Lockhead's Follow Your Different.Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting.