32. Education, at its best, teaches more than just knowledge.
It teaches critical thinking: the ability to stop and think before acting, to avoid succumbing to emotional pressures. This is not thought control.
It is the very reverse: mental liberation. Even the most advanced intellectual will be imperfect at this skill.
But even imperfect possession of it _________ of being ‘stimulus-driven’, constantly reacting to the immediate environment, the brightest colours or loudest sounds. Being driven ...