Zakaria, F. (2015). In Defense of Liberal Education. W W Norton.
Zakaria argues that technology is transforming education, opening access to the best courses and classes in a vast variety of subjects for millions around the world. A liberal education -- studying a broad range of subjects, including the humanities such as history, literature, and the arts – is the best way to train one's mind and even character. Instead of using school to get facts or pre-professional training, this kind of education teaches you to read, to write, and to learn, all of which allow you not only to retool yourself over time, but to live a conscious, self-aware life.
It is a well-argued counter to the policy driven focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics we seem to hear a lot about.
