Showing posts with label Chuck Willer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chuck Willer. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

the day I fell in love and lost all hope of earning a living wage


I hardly knew Chuck when he came to the bar where I worked years ago and gave me a copy of Ivan Illich's book, Deschooling Society. I read it and dropped out of college. Illich, in case you don't know, argues that education isn't really about learning but about maintaining class structure. More broadly, he argues against experts mediating and defining our experience.
Chuck says that if he had his way no employer would be able to discriminate based on educational background.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

why do we know more than those guys?


Greenspan said he is shocked by the current financial crisis. Hey, Chuck predicted it a few years ago. What's up with that?
PS We also knew there were no weapons of mass destruction.