Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and critical thinking, as well as a...
The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.
—Seymour Papert in The Children's Machine: Rethinking School in the Age of the Computer