Disabling professions
by Ivan Illich · first published 2005
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my man ivan illich strongly agreed with you in his 'disabling professions', which you may enjoy. he generally argued that many of our needs are manufactured by various institutionalized forms of care (healthcare, education, transportation) which respectively reduce our abilities…
on “Americans Are a Lonely Lot, and Young People Bear the Heaviest Burden” ↗Not sure haven't read that work of his. Right now I'm finishing off Disabling Professions by Ivan Illich which looks at how professions are a continuation of the learned helplessness that schooling helps to instill.
on “Against School - John Taylor Gatto” ↗