#351 How Modern Education Is Driving Global Collapse - with Jim Garrison

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Is modern education preparing us for the world we’re actually living in? Or is it accelerating our collapse? In this episode of Being Human, I’m joined by Jim Garrison, founder of Ubiquity University, to explore why today’s education system may be failing humanity at the deepest level.

 

Jim argues that Western education prioritises left-brain development: memorisation, analysis and knowledge acquisition, while neglecting ethics, inner growth, and wisdom. Drawing on philosophy, systems thinking, and decades of institutional leadership, he explains how this imbalance fuels ecological destruction, political instability, and moral drift. We explore what a new educational paradigm could look like. It includes somatic, creative, and experiential learning, along with the development of our rationality. Ultimately, it focuses on pursuing the good, the beautiful and the true. 

 

We discuss:

• Why memorisation replaces wisdom
• Education’s role in global crises
• The loss of ethics and values
• What transformative learning requires

Jim is a brilliant orator and true pioneer of a new educational paradigm.

Links: Uniquity University