| Summary: | The “maturity gap” between generations is an objective fact that can only
be narrowed through education. The asymmetry between generations
is the anthropological base for education, and thus school education
originated when this asymmetry enlarged. The print media protects
this asymmetry, whereas the electronic media decrease the asymmetry,
causing it to quickly fade away. However, when the asymmetry
between generations fades away, the legitimacy and attraction of school
education will be reduced, which is the primary reason that modern
schools encounter so many crises. In the age of electronic media, schools
must search for a new legitimate basis and transform into a “learning
community.”
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