Thinking about things like ( "Joe Rogan Experience #331--Steven Greer") this takes courage and community...and can be a way to find out way through various serious situations...
I am also reading A Whole New Mind by Daniel H Pink which describes how computers and an abundance of materialism are reshaping our world. Lots of outsourcing of jobs and production to other parts of the world. (The sub-title is Why Right Brainers will Rule the Future...I haven't quite gotten to that part, but I think it would inform the discussion about education and much in our economy.)
That was written in 2005