Andrew Carnegie view on learning
I am reading a bio about Andrew Carnegie.
I was totally surprised to learn that he was a big advocate of continuous learning.
A wealthy fellow donated $1500 in books to form the first public library in Pittsburgh in the mid 1800. For the first year, access to the books was free. He and six friends spend every day there from 6-9PM studying everything they could find.
Starting in year two the fee was changed of $2 per year for people who were not technical laborers – a significant investment when the average income for a laborer was about $2 a week.
Carnegie started a campaign to make this powerful resource free and he was successful because he knew for him to be successful he had to learn more.
He continued visiting this library with his six friends (his mastermind) for many years.
This story reflects why I think iLearningGlobal is so essential.
Ron Finklestein
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