Education Was Built for a World That No Longer Exists | Sanjay Divakar | TEDxThird Ward Salon

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What if the biggest problem with education isn't AI—but the system that existed long before AI arrived? In this thought-provoking TEDx talk, Sanjay Divakar draws on his experience attending schools across India, Dubai, and the United States to question whether traditional education is preparing students for the world they will actually inherit. From memorization and following instructions to rigid schedules and standardized measures of success, Sanjay explores how schools have been designed around predictability—even though the future increasingly demands adaptability, creativity, and the ability to ask better questions. He argues that AI isn't breaking education. It's revealing where education was already broken. If machines can memorize, calculate, generate, and complete tasks faster than humans, then perhaps the question isn't how we can compete with AI. It's whether we should continue measuring human potential by the same standards in the first place. Sanjay challenges educato

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