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Let's say we got to a point where every single individual has a bachelors or higher? What would that change? What about if everyone got a Masters or higher? Yo

Let's say we got to a point where every single individual has a bachelors or higher? What would that change? What about if everyone got a Masters or higher? You think this will change anything? I doubt it, there would just be an increase in the job requirements due to credential inflation.

happy-go-lucky 10y ago
IMO, education is the gateway to opportunities and helps achieve financial independence which in turn is the gateway to a better health. There may be a correlation between these suicides and the people possibly not having access to those (opportunities and the resultant independence). Poverty could be behind these suicides as it can cause a tremendous amount of stress which may lead to chronic depression and anxiety, and for temporary relief people look to drugs/alcohol and those with addiction are at higher risk for suicide. AFAIK, most addicts are poor, unemployed, and uneducated and I see a clear correlation between economic status and abuse. Some articles worth glancing through: Suicide: One of Addiction’s Hidden Risks https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/real-healing/201402/suicide-one-addiction-s-hidden-risks https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/real-healing/201402/sui... http://www.dualdiagnosis.org/drug-addiction/economic-status/ http://www.dualdiagnosis.org/drug-addiction/economic-status/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/07/suicide-rates-rise-butte-montana-princeton-study https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/07/suicide-rate... And, here’s a related study by Princeton academics who won the 2014 Nobel Prize for economics. http://www.pnas.org/content/112/49/15078.full.pdf http://www.pnas.org/content/112/49/15078.full.pdf
aianus 10y ago
You're conflating education with credentials. Imagine instead if every single individual could: read and write at a high level, think critically, compare loan options rationally, perform their own limited legal research (tenants' rights, welfare eligibility and application), plan their own investment strategy for retirement, etc. It would be a huge boon.
- happy-go-lucky 10y ago
  True, education is to help realize one’s full potential. It’s not about credentials.
- mi_noi_noi 10y ago
  And you are conflating acquiring skills with education.

happy-go-lucky 10y ago

IMO, education is the gateway to opportunities and helps achieve financial independence which in turn is the gateway to a better health. There may be a correlation between these suicides and the people possibly not having access to those (opportunities and the resultant independence). Poverty could be behind these suicides as it can cause a tremendous amount of stress which may lead to chronic depression and anxiety, and for temporary relief people look to drugs/alcohol and those with addiction are at higher risk for suicide. AFAIK, most addicts are poor, unemployed, and uneducated and I see a clear correlation between economic status and abuse. Some articles worth glancing through: Suicide: One of Addiction’s Hidden Risks https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/real-healing/201402/suicide-one-addiction-s-hidden-risks https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/real-healing/201402/sui... http://www.dualdiagnosis.org/drug-addiction/economic-status/ http://www.dualdiagnosis.org/drug-addiction/economic-status/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/07/suicide-rates-rise-butte-montana-princeton-study https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/07/suicide-rate... And, here’s a related study by Princeton academics who won the 2014 Nobel Prize for economics. http://www.pnas.org/content/112/49/15078.full.pdf http://www.pnas.org/content/112/49/15078.full.pdf

aianus 10y ago

You're conflating education with credentials. Imagine instead if every single individual could: read and write at a high level, think critically, compare loan options rationally, perform their own limited legal research (tenants' rights, welfare eligibility and application), plan their own investment strategy for retirement, etc. It would be a huge boon.

happy-go-lucky 10y ago
True, education is to help realize one’s full potential. It’s not about credentials.
mi_noi_noi 10y ago
And you are conflating acquiring skills with education.