Ken Taylor on Plato

After watching Ken Taylor's Ted Talk about Plato, I have a few thoughts about his conclusion. Taylor says that he thinks everyone should be a philosopher king, instead of just those who are in charge. I think that it will be difficult to make everyone a philosopher king through education. For everyone to be gifted this knowledge "as a fundamental human right" as Taylor says, there will have to be lots of educational reforms within our government. In order for everyone to be taught at an equal level, citizens need to be equally born into circumstances where they can all get the same level of education. I also think that it makes sense why everyone would be more equal if everyone is a philosopher king, but i'm not sure if it's realistic that everyone would be able to be one. If everyone were a philosopher, no one would have the incentive to develop crucial techne and no work would be able to get done. However, I found the video very interesting and think it's a cool concept!