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Base image credit on right: BrainyQuotes. Text and collage credits, MHProNews' L. A. "Tony" Kovach for the Patch.
Base image credit on right: BrainyQuotes. Text and collage credits, MHProNews' L. A. "Tony" Kovach for the Patch.

According to BrainyQuotes: “Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.” Sun Tzu. Other variations of that quote exist. Some might think, ‘but I don’t have enemies.’ Sure you do. We all have enemies, whether we realize it or not. Those that seek to control, manipulate, dominate or otherwise mislead us are obviously our enemies. Education on some level is a lifelong experience. Education can be formal or informal. Both are important. Some insights into education will follow.

Let me briefly note that I’m not opposed to formal education, my father - Dr. Francis J. Kovach, Ph.D. - was during his day a professor whose work was known on multiple continents around the world. He was invited to speak at international conferences here and abroad on numerous occasions. There was a point in my youth that I seriously considered becoming a professor, but that’s another story.

I’ve watch both of these two videos posted with this article that deal with education. Each has strengths and weaknesses, but in my view, there are sufficient strengths that they are worthy of sharing. Each gives examples and sources. Let’s hit a theme that everyone should make a part of their worldview. The ancient and wise principle of separating the wheat from the chaff. When we realize that humans have flaws not just in our minds, but also in our hearts, we have learned an important insight into living. We must know ourselves objectively. We must know ‘our enemies’ objectively too. That was part of the takeaway from Sun Tzu’s thinking.

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Let’s pivot to the two videos before closing on a question and answer (Q&A or chat) with left-leaning Bing’s AI powered Copilot.

The video with Chan includes some pitches, which I’m not implying any endorsement for those pitches. That same disclaimer applies to almost any video, because unlike in the early days of YouTube, we have learned that the tech giants have come up with several ways of monetizing their methods.

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If you’ve not dug deeply into this and watched that entire video below, please do so. Unlike the two videos above, that one is impressively thorough throughout.

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In pondering the chat that follow, keep in mind that AI can and does make mistakes. I’ve had AI, specifically Copilot, admit its mistakes in follow up. Be prepared to separate the wheat from the chaff in life - always.

MHProNews:

"Follow the Money.” "Cui Bono." Paltering. Posturing and projecting. The Illusory Truth Effect. The power of the Big Lie. Regulatory capture. The Iron Triangle. The Rigged System. Can you find a single university course anywhere in the U.S. that includes all of those topics as part of a course plan? But those are all important issues in understanding how some massive scams and scandals were allowed to develop in the U.S., right? Could the Madoff, Enron, WorldCom, or 2008 financial crisis have been described well before they became as big as they are if those concepts were widely known and understood?

Bing’s AI powered Copilot responded to that as follows.

"It's a great observation! While I couldn't find a single university course that covers all those topics comprehensively, many courses in fields like Political Science, Public Policy, Criminology, and Business Ethics touch on these concepts individually. Understanding these principles is indeed crucial for recognizing and preventing large-scale scams and scandals.

If these concepts were more widely known and understood, it's possible that early warning signs of events like the Madoff Ponzi scheme, Enron scandal, WorldCom fraud, and the 2008 financial crisis could have been identified sooner. Awareness and education about these tactics can empower individuals and institutions to be more vigilant and proactive in detecting and addressing unethical behavior. ..."

What Copilot highlighted is the importance of each of those topics named are the subject of multiple university level courses. Yet there is no single introductory class on that in any university? If there is no college or university level class, is it likely that any teacher in the U.S. would cover those topics in their class during the course of a semester or year?

The working plan is to return to these topics in the foreseeable future. Stay tuned. Thanks for checking in. More insights follow and those have crosslinks. Be informed. True education is lifelong.

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