CULTURE OF MEDIOCRACY: Some thoughts about education, conformity, and mediocrity Watch TV enjoy ice cream drink beer 'n coffee as the planet decays Remember "Be like the rest" is a credo that works out best Minimize risk 'n live in computerized bliss Make your own home comfy 'n ignore disarray Focus solely on your tiny sphere Do What Authorities Ask & Learn to Fear. Your role is simply ta work - not question things that appear In a world with billions ah tiny worker-bees there's little tolerance for deviancy. Melissa: Whudz dis? Satoru: Isn't it a basic educational agenda? Melissa: Ya kun't be serious! Satoru: Why not? Mass stupidity mucks folks eazier ta manage. Melissa: Yeah, bud how kuld humans ever konsent ta stupidity? Tim: Who said consent wuz necessary? Liao: Right – with skillful manipulation you kun "dumb down" a populace without most folks even noticing . . . . Melissa: Dang! Are we really that easy to program? ===================================================================================== from _Crassroom Voices - Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Education_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: A conversation, poem, and digital image about mass education and social compliance. KEYWORDS: social conformity, education for mediocracy, social isolation, mediocrity, Some thoughts about education, conformity, and mediocrity. Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 2006 in Tokyo, Japan / Finished: 2018 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST http://www.tnewfields.info/CrassroomVoices/textsyn.htm TOC http://www.tnewfields.info/CrassroomVoices/index.html NEXT > http://www.tnewfields.info/CrassroomVoices/better.htm TRANSLATIONS Deutsch: http://www.tnewfields.info/de/kultur.htm Español: http://www.tnewfields.info/es/cultura.htm Français: http://www.tnewfields.info/fr/culture.htm Nihongo: http://www.tnewfields.info/jp/bonjin.htm Zhōngwén: http://www.tnewfields.info/zh/pingyong.htm