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This is the central claim of E.D Hirsch's Why Knowledge Matters[1] book on educational reform. Hirsch is perhaps best known for coining the term "cultural literacy" in his book of the same name.

A little while back I wrote about cultural literacy in the software industry, following the lead of Hirsch's book.[2]

1. https://hep.gse.harvard.edu/9781612509525/why-knowledge-matt...

2. https://thundergolfer.com/software/culture/2024/01/14/comput...



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