Daisy Christodoulou
The podcast with @EconTalker on transferable skills is now up! https://www.hoover.org/plus/research/meritocracy-exams-and-knowledge-matters We start with the deadliest civil war in history (which barely anyone in the west knows about) and proceed from there to 19th C England, 17th C navy reforms, and end with why irony can be corrosive. If you want to learn more, subscribe to my Substack (it's free) where I will be posting a series of essays on these topics over the next few months. Currently I have four linked 2k word articles, but it may end up being more! https://substack.nomoremarking.com/p/what-if-transferable-skills-dont
Daisy Christodoulou
In 2013 I wrote a book called Seven Myths about Education. What is the most persistent myth, the one that is hardest to kill, and the one that has biggest implications outside education? Transferable skills. People think that you can teach things like critical thinking,