Fascinating clip from
@BreneBrown . I’m thankful that at
@Ensworth we’re committed to both deep reading/history/philosophy AND core skills in applied science…all while building habits of character, leadership, and emotional intelligence.
Steve Jobs famously said his kids didn’t use iPads.
Brené Brown highlighted this on Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO. She’s been in rooms with tech billionaires and platform founders. When they’re asked what kids should study today, the answer is coding and physics. But when the same people reflect on their own success? They credit deep reading of philosophy, the Stoics, history, and the liberal arts.
Her concern: a quiet divide is forming — one group protecting deep thinking for their own children while the rest of us are encouraged to just keep scrolling.
In the age of AI, experts across the board are saying critical thinking, philosophical reasoning, and liberal arts skills are becoming even more essential — not less. AI can generate answers, but it can’t replace the human ability to ask the right questions, understand context, ethics, and meaning.
The people building our digital future seem to understand this deeply for their own families, yet design systems that often pull everyone else in the opposite direction.
Do you think we’re creating a two-tier system — deep thinkers at the top and scrollers below?