I disagree. I believe education is an excellent way to free the north korean people from the brainwashing machine that is the DPRK.
More DPRK people with the hacker mindset (e.g. not just accepting answers but asking questions, a hunger for knowledge, etc) would in the long term be a really great thing for everyone but the leaders of DPRK.
I used to think that way, that education would inevitably lead people to more egalitarian belief structures. Then I spent a few years at school in the US. I met many very educated people (ie well beyond undergrad) that scared the heck out of me. It is very possible to have an advanced CS degree and still believe in a ridged class system.
Yeah. I used to believe technical education will give you a particular outlook at the world, will make you a more careful thinker, etc. I don't believe that anymore. Here are some other things that I've seen going along with a CS degree:
- you can have a CS degree and be a total and utter asshole (for some reason I though education makes people more polite)
- you can have a CS degree and be an antivaxxer who sees vaccines as Illuminati's conspiracy (not joking here)
- you can have a CS degree and not have an ounce of rational thinking in you
- you can have a CS degree and not be able to code your way out of a paper bag
More DPRK people with the hacker mindset (e.g. not just accepting answers but asking questions, a hunger for knowledge, etc) would in the long term be a really great thing for everyone but the leaders of DPRK.