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The work of Ivan Illich seems highly relevant to learning and collaboration
The work of Ivan Illich seems highly relevant to learning and collaboration in the context of OSE.


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The work of Ivan Illich seems highly relevant to learning and collaboration in the context of OSE.

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Illich

Book: Tools for Conviviality (1973)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Illich#Tools_for_Conviviality

"give people tools that guarantee their right to work with independent efficiency"
"Elite professional groups ... have come to exert a 'radical monopoly' on such basic human activities as health, agriculture, home-building, and learning, leading to a 'war on subsistence' that robs peasant societies of their vital skills and know-how. The result of much economic development is very often not human flourishing but 'modernized poverty', dependency, and an out-of-control system in which the humans become worn-down mechanical parts."