I think the education problem is much more widespread. For the past 50 years education has gotten more and more specialised and narrow as the major disciplines split into more and more subdisciplines, each with their own journals and societies. Today, law firms have 20 or thirty specialists, as do engineering, accountancy, advertising, consulting, etc, etc.
Most specialists can only talk to thir own buddies.
Yet, these are the people educating our young and running our world. To add to the trouble, intelligence has become equated with book learning and passing tests. Until one leaves the university, there is likely to be almost no exposure to the real world. It certainly is not integrated with the book learning. Educational change is always taking place and yet its not really getting to these basics.