Does it not seem to you that the stakes are higher in education and, generally, in everything, everywhere these days?
While it might feel that way, I think in response to such an assessment, it would be fair to say, “It depends.”
For example, if you look at the world at a political leadership level, polls over the past 50 years show that our collective trust in government leaders has declined in recent years. And, if we look at the world through a scientific lens, we are able to measure that, indeed, the planet is getting warmer. Not good. And the list of global maladies goes on and on.