education crisis

AI Lays Bare the Authoritarianism of Modern Work. Time to Rethink Education

21 days ago

Noam Chomsky observed that most workplaces are 'totalitarian systems' where individuals lack democratic control over conditions like salary and surveillance, making them subordinate.
The promise of human capital theory—that education leads to security—is failing: higher education advantages are eroding, with many graduates underemployed or unemployed in wealthy economies.
AI is bypassing the educational bargain by substituting human labor, reducing entry-level hiring, and undermining professional pathways, yet policies still focus on employability and skills.
Worker insecurity benefits the economic order, as noted by Alan Greenspan, and is a sustained feature, not accidental, in a model dependent on anxiety to prevent wage demands.