What Martin Kleppmann thinks about education

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Computer science researcher at Cambridge, author of Designing Data-Intensive Applications, after a decade in industry at his own startups and LinkedIn.

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1. 22 Apr 2026

   Our readingThe essay a student hands in is not the point of education; the thought process that produced it is the entire desired outcome.

   Their wordsWe don't ask the students to write essays because we love reading their amazing essays. We ask them to write essays because they we want them to go through a thought process, which helps them learn something.

   ↗Designing Data-intensive Applications with Martin Kleppmannyoutube.com 24th of 26 in this recording