Education and culture

I'm one of these folks who believe that education can be a cure-all and that with enough of it, we can make the world a much better place. I'm thinking in particular about population growth, one of my top existential concerns and have believed for a long time that a flood of knowledge could mop up ignorant practices from the face of this earth. This is without counting of course on culture, this formidable creature that is the hiding place of religion, superstition and the last bastion of obscurantism. Culture is everywhere, and the older it is, the harder it is to eradicate in ways that are fast and durable. Culture is a two-headed monster that we cherish because we always seem able to find some of our roots into it and yet we hate because it's retrograde. I go on record to say that it's better to live into a world that has an homogenized culture than on a planet that headed for self-destruction ...