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The Era of Artificial Intelligence has Begun—Knowing the Fundamentals Matters Now More Than Ever Education in the AI Era

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The fundamental skills of critical thinking and problem-solving are more valuable than ever.

When I was young, school meant memorizing facts that now live in everyone's pocket. We'd spend hours learning to calculate by hand what machines do instantly. The distance between what was taught and what was useful seemed to grow each year.

Today, the gap has become a canyon.

In an era where AI can write essays and solve complex equations, traditional education seems increasingly like teaching horse-riding in the age of cars. Not useless, perhaps, but certainly misaligned with the future.

BoringSkool exists because of this misalignment.

Imagine a student in 1922 learning skills for the 1922 job market.

That made sense.

Now imagine today's students learning skills designed for the 1922 job market.

This is our current reality—a system preparing students for a world that no longer exists.

The New Landscape

Picture two mountains with a valley between them:

    Past                Future
     /\                  /\
    /  \                /  \
   /    \______________/    \
  /           ^              \
 /      We are here           \

On the left is the educational model we inherited. On the right is where work is heading. The valley between them grows wider with each AI breakthrough.

The most valuable skills today aren't about storing information but about asking questions. Not calculating but understanding. Not following instructions but creating novel solutions.

What We're Building

BoringSkool isn't about flashy technology or educational gimmicks. Like any truly good idea, it might initially seem boring:

  1. We teach thinking, not memorization
  2. We value creation over consumption
  3. We embrace AI as collaborator, not competitor
  4. We learn through stories and visual concepts that stick

Consider how you learned your most valuable skills. Rarely through lectures or textbooks, but through projects, problems, and personal connections to material.

The Path Forward

I remember visiting an old factory converted to a modern workspace. The heavy machines were gone, replaced by people thinking, creating, collaborating. What struck me wasn't what was there, but what wasn't—no assembly line, no repetitive tasks.

This is the future we're preparing for—where human value comes from what machines can't do.

Join us as we build education that matters for the world that's emerging, not the one that's fading. It may seem boring compared to educational trends that come and go, but like compound interest, the impact accumulates in ways that will surprise you.

Welcome to BoringSkool. Let's learn what matters.

Last updated: March 17, 2025