Although we will need more such informal learning environments in the future, politicians and the public have hardly noticed. Gone are the utopian dreams of the 1970’s, when there were visions of life-long learning and paid leaves of absence to pursue topics that might be useful for further professional advancement – or might also include the sheer luxury of studying ancient Greek or Assyrian art.
虽然我们将来会需要更多这一类的非正式学习环境，但政客和公众似乎都还没有意识到。1970年代那种乌托邦式的梦想已经不复存在。当时我们的愿景是终身教育和用来寻求可能帮助未来职业发展的研究课题的带薪假期—抑或是那种研究古希腊或亚述艺术的奢侈。