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Harry Lewis and Stephen Blackwood: What's an Education For?

Stephen Blackwood speaks with Harry Lewis, legendary Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University (where he taught both Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg). They discuss the tragic limits of narrowly vocational approaches to education—with which many young people are pressured to conform—by contrast with education that fosters true self-reflection and a meaningful life. They also discuss cancel culture, college admissions, and freedom of speech. Cover photo by Kathy Pham. Links of Interest: If you'd like to see an example of the more boisterous atmosphere of earlier epochs of higher education, watch the 1958 investiture of the new Rector of the University of Edinburgh, in which the Duke of Edinburgh (i.e. Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II) has rolls of toilet paper thrown at his feet.    • The New Rector (1958)   Harry Lewis's Blog http://harry-lewis.blogspot.com Harry Lewis's Faculty Page http://harry-lewis.blogspot.com Books by Harry Lewis Ideas That Created the Future: Classic Papers of Computer Science https://www.amazon.com/Ideas-That-Cre... Excellence without a Soul: Does Liberal Education Have a Future? https://www.amazon.com/Excellence-Wit... Baseball as a Second Language https://www.amazon.com/Baseball-Secon... Ralston College https://www.ralston.ac Ralston College Short Courses https://www.ralston.ac/humanities-sho... Stephen Blackwood https://www.stephenjblackwood.com 0:00 - Introduction 1:49 - Harry Lewis’s background 4:14 - Excellence Without a Soul and observations of Harvard 12:15 - Advice for young people at university 36:26 - How to cultivate independence of mind 46:24 – Free speech and cancel culture 54:55 – Possibility for unity and correction #RalstonCollege