‘Academic ability’

, 64–65

Accountability

, 57–58, 95

divided views and age of

, 65–70

Admonition artefact

, 26–27

Aeneid

, 42–43

Agora

, 79–80, 157–158

Airbnb

, 7–8, 33–34

Alexa (voice-activated virtual assistant)

, 23

Alphas

, 106–107

Amazon

, 22–23, 28–29

Ambition of fairness

, 62–65

Analects of Confucius

, 78

Ancient Greece

, 40, 42, 96

learning from

, 108–110

‘Animal pedagogy’

, 86–87

Anthropocene

, 83–84

Archbishop of York

, 45

Aristotle and golden mean

, 110–113

Art of Travel, The

, 30–32

Artificial intelligence (AI)

, 7–8, 22–23, 76–77, 82–83, 119, 135–136, 145–146, 163–164

self-aware

, 26–29

use

, 18–19

Assembly

, 11–12, 40–41, 109–110

Automatic writing and drawing

, 140–141

Automation

, 22–23, 82–83, 135–136, 163–164

Baking

, 103–104

BAME communities

, 2–3

Benedict Biscup and Egbert

, 45

Better Life Index

, 77–78

Biotechnologies

, 10–11, 24–25

Birds, The

, 78

Bitcoin

, 29–30

Blade Runner (film)

, 106–107

Boethius

, 44–45

Brave New World

, 24–25

Britain, education in

divided views and age of accountability

, 65–70

focus of education

, 71–73

nineteenth century

, 58–62

welfare state and ambition of fairness

, 62–65

‘Britishness’ myth

, 96

Capitalism 2. 0

, 9–10, 34–35

Captain Tom

, 3–4

Cassiodorus

, 44–45

Cathedrals

, 47

Chain games

, 140–141

Children and their Primary Schools

, 65–66

City of Ladies

, 79–80

Civilisation

, 5–7, 13, 15–16

Cloudcuckooland

, 78

Cockaigne

, 102, 104, 145–146

Cognitive science

, 24–25

Collaboration

, 128–129, 162–163

Collage

, 140–141

Combination creativity

, 137

Commitment

, 119–121

Communication apps

, 27

Communities

, 93–94

Controversiae

, 42–43

COVID-19

, 30, 89, 103–104, 149–150

pandemic

, 2–3

virus

, 2

Creative thinking

, 43–44, 130, 132, 136

Creativity

, 135–141

Cryptocurrencies

, 29–30

Cultural knowledge

, 156–157

Curriculum

, 155–158

Dark Ages

, 11–12, 42–43

Data and tax

, 29–30

Decision-making

process

, 119–121

and wise thinking

, 132–133

Deduction

, 131–134

DeepMind

, 137–138

Development Index

, 77–78

Dialogues, The

, 108

Digital photography

, 7–8

Digital technology

, 150–152

DIY

, 103–104

Domestic violence

, 2–3

Duc des Esseintes

, 30–32

Economic development

, 76–77

Economy

, 7–8

Education

, 5–6, 8–9, 11–12, 17, 29–30, 39–40, 57–58, 81–82, 146, 152, 155, 157–159

administration

, 61–62

Ancient Greece

, 40–42

caring for environment

, 83–89

economy

, 75–78

Enlightenment

, 52–53

focus of

, 71–73

humanism

, 50–52

Middle Ages

, 43–48

policy

, 77–78

Renaissance

, 48–50

rise and fall of Roman education system

, 42–43

tackling post-truth

, 90–97

in Utopia

, 104

utopias

, 78–83

Education Act (1944)

, 60–62, 64

Education Reform Act

, 69–70

Educational robots

, 23–24

Effective collaboration and tolerance

, 126–129

Egyptian education systems

, 39–40

Elementary Education Act (1870)

, 152–153

Emergency funding

, 3–4

Emotions

, 122–123, 130

Encyclopédie

, 52

Engineering

, 59

Enlightenment

, 11–12, 52–53

Environment(al)

degradation

, 83–84

education

, 86–87

Eudaimonia

, 108

Evaluative thinking

, 133–134

Experimental method

, 79

Exploratory creativity

, 136–137

Female leadership

, 79–80

Finite game type

, 12–13

Forest Schools

, 87–88

Free money

, 19

‘Friluftsliv’

, 87–88

FTSE 100 Chief Executive

, 35

Furlough scheme

, 21–22

Gardening

, 103–104

Generalised reciprocity

, 93–94

Genuine Progress Indicator

, 77–78

‘Gig economy’

, 9–10, 18–19

Global economic system

, 8–9

Go game

, 137–138

Google

, 22–23

Google Classroom

, 147

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

, 75–77

Habituation

, 119–121

HAL (talking computer)

, 23

Happy life

, 110–111

Harry Potter (books and films)

, 23

Homo ludens

, 140–141

‘Hope circuit’

, 121–122

Human capital

, 92–93

Human flourishing

, 110–111

Human well-being

, 81–82

Human-led climate change

, 159

Humanism

, 50, 52, 59

Humanist movement

, 11–12

Hyperreality

, 32–34

Ideal society

, 13–15

Idleness

, 62–63

Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare

, 77–78

Industrial Revolution

, 58–59, 81–82

Infotechnology

, 24–25

Internalisation

, 130–131

Internet

, 149–150

Knowledge

, 5–6

Learner-centred process

, 87–88

Learning

, 42–43

from ancient Greece

, 108–110

tools

, 150–152

Liberal arts

, 44–45, 47

Life

, 123–124

Life of Lycurgus

, 78

Literacy

, 42–43

Live camera function

, 23

Local authority (LA)

, 63–64

Local Education Authority (LEA)

, 68–69

Logos

, 110–111

Louvre

, 33–34

Lyceum

, 110

Mass automation

, 7–8

Mass unemployment

, 2

Matrix, The (film)

, 23–24

Mechanics Magazine

, 59

Men In Black

, 23

Metacognition

, 130, 135

Middle Ages

, 43, 48, 80–81

Ministry of Education

, 64

Mirror of Flowers, The

, 79–80

Monasteries

, 47

Mood(s)

, 130

organs

, 106–107

Moral imperative

, 113–114

Municipal Reform Act

, 60–61

Myths

, 95–96

Name of The Rose (Umberto Eco)

, 48–49

Nanotechnologies

, 10–11, 24–25

National economic crisis

, 67–68

National Health Service (NHS)

, 62–63

Natural human phenomenon

, 17

Navvies

, 58–59

Negative emotions

, 121

Neocave

, 32–33

Neuralizer

, 23

New Poor Law (1834)

, 20–21, 60–61

Newton and Newton’s framework

, 135

Oak National Academy

, 155–156

OneState

, 106–107

Online gambling

, 2–3

Part-time education

, 154–155

Past civilisations

, 39–40

Pay-as-you-go connections

, 148–149

Peer-to-peer blockchain networks

, 29–30

Personal well-being

, 161–162

Photomontage

, 140–141

Picard

, 26–27

Plowden Report. See Children and their Primary Schools

Policy-maker mythology

, 20–21

Politics, The

, 79–80

Positive emotions

, 121–122

Post-COVID

education system

, 163–164

post-COVID-19 education system

, 114–116

world

, 4

Post-pandemic education system

, 75, 101, 107–108, 119

Post-pandemic world

, 15–16

Post-truth

, 145–146

tackling

, 90–97

Poverty

, 81–82

Practical ability

, 64–65

Pre-ordained caste system

, 106–107

Quadrivium, 44–45

, 47

Quantum computing

, 10–11

Quid pro quo

, 12–13

‘Rationalist’ positions

, 112–113

Rebirth

, 48–49

Recall

, 130

Reciprocity

, 93–94

Renaissance

, 11–12, 32, 48, 50, 110–111, 121

Reproduction

, 32

Republic, The

, 41

Roman education system

, 42–43

Scarcity mentality

, 18–19

Scholastic philosophy

, 46–47

School community

, 150–152

Schooling

, 42–43

‘Sci-fi’ approach

, 17

Self-aware artificial intelligence

, 26–29

Self-confidence

, 88–89

Seven liberal arts

, 50–51

Show My Homework

, 147

Silicon Valley

, 10–11

Simulation

, 140–141

Skynet system

, 26–27

Smallpox

, 7–8

Social capital

, 91–93

Social cohesion

, 12–13

Social interaction

, 150–152

Social justice movements

, 155–156

Social media

, 7–8, 161–162

Socratic method

, 133–134, 157–158

Socratic questioning

, 124–126

Soma

, 106–107

Sophists

, 40–41

‘Speenhamland Act’

, 19–20

Squalor

, 62–63

St. Augustine

, 44–45

St. Isidore of Seville

, 44–45

Suasoriae

, 42–43

Sumerian education systems

, 39–40

Summerhill’s model

, 66–67

Superhuman

, 24–25

Surrealists, The

, 140–141

Tax, data and

, 29–30

Technology

, 7–8, 150, 152

Terminator, The (movie)

, 26–27

3D printers

, 7–8

TikTok

, 27

Totalitarianism

, 106–107

Transformational creativity

, 137

Transhumanism

, 23, 26, 145–146

Transhumanist

, 10–11, 23–24, 26

Transmetropolitan (novel)

, 24–25

Travels in hyperreality

, 32

Trivium

, 44–45

Trust

, 91

Trust-rich society

, 91

Twelve Tables

, 42–43

Understanding

, 131–132

Unequal distributions of wealth

, 34–36

Universal basic income (UBI)

, 19–21, 101, 145–146, 157–159

affording

, 21–23

Aristotle and golden mean

, 110–113

Cockaigne

, 102–104

learning from ancient Greece

, 108–110

need for wise decision-making

, 114–116

practical reason

, 113–114

Utopia

, 104–108

Universal translator

, 23

Uomo universale

, 50–51

Utopia

, 13, 15, 77–78, 83, 103–104, 108

Value

creativity

, 13–15

of perfect information

, 28–29

Villegagnon

, 126–127

Virtual reality (VR)

, 30, 32–34, 150

worlds

, 30–34

Wabi Sabi

, 124, 126, 161–162

Wealth, unequal distributions of

, 34–36

Web 2. 0

, 8–9

Weight Watchers

, 119–121

Welfare state

, 62–65

Well-being, achieving

, 123–126

Westworld

, 26–27

Wikipedia

, 96–97

Wise decision-making

, 114–116

adhering to

, 119–123

Work-reducing technology

, 22–23

Work–life balance

, 22–23

Zoom

, 27