Eric Hoffer; Reflections On The Human Condition, 1973 Hopewell Publications: “The central task of education is to implant a will and a facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people. The truly human society is a learning society, where grandparents, parents, and children are students together. In times of change, learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”