I love learning as much as anyone. But most education is like wood.
You don’t want it thrown at you.
It’s also like wood because there are three big reasons you’d want wood: to keep a fire burning, to serve a purpose (think a table or chairs) or because it looks nice.
A well packaged, eloquent lecture is great if you have room for trinkets.
A well made useful lecture is great if you have use for it.
Any kind of lecture that keeps your fire burning is great. The problem is that most people are missing that spark. There’s no fire on which to throw the wood.
So before we bring out the wood, let’s make the spark.