Dictate or Educate?

A Gentleman Ponders

Given the woeful and ubiquitous ignorance of the general populace, should the wise attempt to lead, or to educate?

Aug 25th, 2006

3 lacklustre pieces of inspiration on “Dictate or Educate?”

  1. Consultant M Says:
    August 25th, 2006 at 11:08 am

    Having considered the question carefully. I have come to the conclusion that the problem with such a debate is not how to answer the question but how to pose the question.

    Surely the important question is to understand what we mean by wise. For example, if we are to believe that with wisdom comes the understanding that you’re beliefs may be wrong, then surely the wise would neither choose to lead nor to educate.

    Ultimately it should not be the responsibility of the wise to lead nor to educate. It is the responsibility of the wise to question the ability and knowledge of those who believe they can.

  2. Consultant M Says:
    August 25th, 2006 at 11:19 am

    P.S.

    This conclusion also means that the wise can simply go to the pub and discuss how things should be run rather than having to cope the insurmountable pressures and stresses of having to run the world.

  3. Consultant K Says:
    August 25th, 2006 at 11:33 am

    To lead or to educate assumes that you are in, or can be in, a position to do either. A leader that few see as wise, such as George Bush, got into that position because he was voted into it (Yes by only a percent or so). A leader who is trying to educate, such as Iatola Komani, is not necessarily educating in the way that all would agree with.

    Those who think they are wise should both lead and educate but also ensure that they have humility and also flexibility of belief. This is not to say that those who are not wise cannot or should not lead or educate.

    The question, as M says, is wrong not the answers

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