I think that can limit creativity though. Look at Albert Einstein. I don’t think he had much of a formal education, certainly he was not involved with any institution when he wrote his groundbreaking paper.
Sometimes, being involved in big, political institutions can have the result of stamping out original/independent thinking in favor of established dogma. To be clear, I’m not arguing against the act of learning in itself - Hendrix and others learned on the job, so to speak, and listened extremely widely. I guess I’m speaking more against formal education/credentialism, which of course has its place, mostly in the hard sciences where it is important to have an objectively good understanding of the dogma.
But again, you've picked a single wonderful scientist as if that proves all great thinkers followed his path. Does Einstein not having a formal education somehow mean that all great thinkers just have had the same life path as him? It's just nonsensical, sorry.
Marie Curie was a student at the University of Paris. Isaac Newton at Cambridge University. Charles Darwin studied at the University of Edinburgh. Nikola Tesla couldn't go to university but he completed 4 years of high school in 3 years and "later wrote that he became interested in demonstrations of electricity by his physics professor". Galileo Galilei studied at the University of Pisa.
Or stepping back away from science again, David Bowie. From Wikipedia again to save writing: "Bowie studied art, music, and design, including layout and typesetting. After Burns introduced him to modern jazz, his enthusiasm for players like Charles Mingus and John Coltrane led his mother to give him a Grafton saxophone in 1961. He was soon receiving lessons from baritone saxophonist Ronnie Ross."
Again, since you seem to miss my points in my last comment: I'm not saying education is required for greatness, nor better for all people (Einstein certainly tried formal education and hated it). But to say it prevents creativity is just wrong, except for bad education.
Maybe you're basing things on your experience of school / child education which wasn't good enough for you?
I don’t think there’s a right or wrong here. I think there are strong arguments on both sides. What I would say is, I think Hendrix would’ve been booted out of a higher education system due to not conforming to the established principles of music theory, or some such thing.
Sometimes, being involved in big, political institutions can have the result of stamping out original/independent thinking in favor of established dogma. To be clear, I’m not arguing against the act of learning in itself - Hendrix and others learned on the job, so to speak, and listened extremely widely. I guess I’m speaking more against formal education/credentialism, which of course has its place, mostly in the hard sciences where it is important to have an objectively good understanding of the dogma.