Yes we need to teach our youth, but one of the key problems is the school system is designed to be lukewarm and leave keys lessons out that would enable us to be activists. Lessons such as:

• Follow the money
• Compensation drives behavior
• Power and politics (eg Game of Thrones could be required viewing)
• How lobbying really controls the government
• Psychological manipulation
• Emotional intelligence

I went back to my MBA grad school and had the support of a Human Behavior professor to do an article and lecture to students on this. The reaction after reading every survey was:

• 1/3 of the students thought I was crazy cynical
• 1/3 claimed they already knew this stuff and were amused by my lecture and learned a few tidbits
• 1/3 were completely blown away and said this was one of the enlightening and important subjects

But then when I asked to make the material (article and video) avail to all students the Administration shut it down siding with the first third — this was too crazy cynical for students and would pollute their minds.

I wondered did they really believe this? We’re they scared that they would be criticized? Is there a conspiracy to keep students ignorant and docile? Regardless, leaving this stuff out, and coddling students like puppies, will turned them into good soldiers, not activists, just what the powers that be want.

I believe that the administrators and professors are too ignorant to understand any of this. They are a product of the system. Thanks Carnegie Mellon for a incomplete education.