Edgard Morin rethinks fundamental problems overlooked or neglected in education, and presents them as "seven complex lessons" that should be observed in the education of the future, in all societies and in every culture, according to means and rules appropriate to each. With the publication of this provocative essay, UNESCO hopes to stimulate discussion on how education can and should act as a force for the future and promote a transdisciplinary perspective to meet the great challenge of durable development.