Science and Humans

When Accumulating New Knowledge Out Strips Human Learning Systems

The evolution of society is increasing, and is at such a pace now, we may need to reconsider how we learn and hold facts before half the world’s population can’t compete.

Do you remember flip phones? Whether you are old enough to have used them or not, you have likely experienced watching a movie and dating it based on the technology in the movie. Do your kids ever ask you, ‘what’s that?!’ when seeing a rotary phone in a phone booth? Do you remember when Pluto got demoted from planet status? Most of the people alive today were likely taught it was a planet. Now it’s not. But you can find textbooks that still call it that. Is the paper book done?

The world has a literacy problem. In a day and age where everyone should have access to all the classics, we still have a sharing problem. We have a science problem, too, and it’s because of this.

We probably have more literate people than at any time in history, and yet, we have a literacy problem. The next step in AI and automation could severely impact how many people have access. This access must start with children, while their brains are gears for optimum learning.