Didactic Mind, Ep 102: We Don’t Need No Edjoocayshun

In this latest episode of the Didactic Mind podcast, I discuss the rather curious phenomenon that we see today of the Eurasian nations being led by (largely) competent, capable, sensible people who are well-suited to their specific positions, versus the completely imbecilic and childish idiots leading the West. I posit a theory that the people in Cabinet-level positions in Western nations are not only miseducated, but MALEDUCATED - that is to say, deeply unqualified for their roles, and totally incapable of learning enough to become qualified for them. I talk about the differences between Western and Russian/Chinese/Indian education systems, and talk in particular about the very different levels of emphasis on mathematics and science in those systems.

While I believe that no one can be truly educated without having a comprehensive understanding of other humanities disciplines, I argue that the lack of a firm analytical foundation, created by studying mathematics, science, and engineering of some kind, makes the elite graduates of Western universities highly incapable of dealing with the real world.

Finally, I discuss how the current Western educational environment is DEEPLY incestuous, in the sense that it creates elites who basically just sniff each other's farts and live in a thoroughly delusional bubble that is totally disconnected from reality.

The table that I compiled in my discussion can be seen down below, and as always, you are free to examine the data for yourself to see if my rough working theory has any foundation.

Country	Name	Position	Education
Russia	Vladimir Putin	President	Law, Economics
Russia	Sergei Shoigu	Defence Minister	Civil Engineering
Russia	Sergei Lavrov	Foreign Minister	International Relations, Languages
Russia	Dmitry Medvedev	Deputy Head of Security Council	Law
Russia	Mikhail Mishustin	Prime Minister	Systems Engineering
Russia	Andrey Belousov	First Deputy Prime Minister	Economics
Russia	Viktoria Abramchenko	Deputy Prime Minister	Environmental Engineering
Russia	Dmitry Grigorenko	Deputy Prime Minister	Finance
Russia	Dmitry Patrushev	Minister of Agriculture	Management
Russia	Maxim Reshetnikov	Minister of Economic Development	Mathematics & Economics, Linguistics & Translation
Russia	Sergei Kravtsov	Minister of Education	Teaching Mathematics & Computer Science
Russia	Anton Siluanov	Minister of Finance	Finance and Credit, Economics
Russia	Denis Manturov	Minister of Trade & Industry	Sociology, Economics
Russia	Vitaly Savelyev	Minister of Transport	Mechanical Engineering, Economics
China	Xi Jinping	General Secretary	Chemical Engineering
China	Li Keqiang	Premier	Law, Economics
China	Han Zheng	Vice Premier	Engineering, Economics
China	Liu He	Minister of Finance, Technology, Industry, Transport	Industrial Economics, Public Administration
China	Wei Fenghe	Minister of Defence	Artillery Command
China	Wang Yi	Foreign Minister	Asian & African Languages, Japanese
India	Narendra Modi	Prime Minister	Political Science
India	Rajnath Singh	Minister of Defence	Physics
India	Subramanyam Jaishankar	Foreign Minister	Political Science, International Relations
India	Nirmala Sitharam	Minister of Finance	Economics
India	Piyush Goyal	Minister of Commerce and Industry	Law, Accounting
India	Hardeep Singh Puri	Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas	History
USA	Joseph Biden	President	History and Political Science, Law
USA	Kamala Harris	Vice President	Political Science and Economics, Law
USA	Janet Yellen	Treasury Secretary	Economics
USA	Merrick Garland	Attorney General	Law
USA	Tom Vilsack	Commerce Secretary	Law
USA	Jennifer Granholm	Energy Secretary	Political Science and French, Law
USA	Avril Haines	Director of National Intelligence	Law
USA	Anthony Blinken	State Secretary	Social Studies, Law
USA	Lloyd Austin	Defence Secretary	Counselor Education, MBA
USA	Jake Sullivan	National Security Advisor	International Relations & Political Science, Law
Germany	Olaf Scholz	Chancellor	Law
Germany	Robert Habeck	Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Action	Philosophy, German, Philology
Germany	Christian Lindner	Minister of Finance	Political Science
Germany	Annalena Baerbock	Foreign Minister	Political Science, Law
Germany	Christine Lambrecht	Defence Minister	Law
Germany	Karl Lauterbach	Minister of Health	Medicine, Health Policy & Management
Germany	Svenja Shulze	Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development	German Studies, Political Science
France	Emmanuel Macron	President	French Literature, Piano Studies, Philosophy
France	Elisabeth Borne	Prime Minister	Civil Engineering, MBA
France	Bruno le Maire	Minister of the Economy and Finance	French Literature
UK	Boris Johnson	Prime Minister	Classics
UK	Rishi Sunak	Chancellor of the Exchequer	Politics, Philosophy & Economics
UK	Ben Wallace	Defence Minister	Military school
UK	Liz Truss	Foreign Minister	Politics, Philosophy & Economics
UK	Kwasi Kwarteng	Minister for Business, Energy, and Clean Growth	Classics and History
UK	Sajid Javid	Health Secretary	Economics and Politics
UK	Penny Mordaunt	Minister for Trade Policy	Philosophy
UK	Nadhim Zahawi	Chancellor of the Exchequer	Chemical Engineering
UK	Dominic Raab	Deputy Prime Minister	Law

 

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