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Not the biggest fan of higher ed, but why put this on the colleges? Why not the high schools? Eighteen was practically middle-aged in the 19th century. We ju

Not the biggest fan of higher ed, but why put this on the colleges? Why not the high schools? Eighteen was practically middle-aged in the 19th century. We just keep dropping that bar and infantilizing people so much that WSJ will be writing this about PhD programs in a few more years.

mowenz 9y ago
>Eighteen was middle-aged That is possibly misleading. By year 1500 the life expectancy of a nobleman in England who had reached age 20 was about 70--about the world average in 2017. Infant Mortality rates were high back then, skewing averages, and during the Middle Ages they had the Bubonic Plague, skewing it even more...
- jshmrsn 9y ago
  Perhaps he was referring more to amount of responsibility at age 18 rather than % of lifespan?
  - mowenz 9y ago
    Sure. It's possibly a misleading statement and that's all I said.