> Academia didn't solve any of those areas > The worlds problems aren't going to be solved with another expert in peace or a political science major You keep

> Academia didn't solve any of those areas > The worlds problems aren't going to be solved with another expert in peace or a political science major You keep saying that, but what is it based on? How can we ignore the long history of the opposite? Who do you think makes peace and solves these problems? I read a lot of international relations literature (for someone not in that field); these problems are technical, require a lot of expertise (especially because it must be applied it under great uncertainty), and the stakes are incredibly high. In fact, one widely accepted view of many wars up through WWII is that they were caused by amateurs in international relations who made amateur mistakes and ended up with wars they didn't want. I encourage you: Educate yourself; read the literature; learn how international relations, for example, and social policy actually happen. It's easy to write that we should dismiss expertise but before we throw out centuries of knowledge, and lifetimes of acquired expertise for lay amateurs reading Reddit on the weekend, perhaps we should consider it more carefully. The lives, freedom and prosperity of billions of people are at stake. > we don't need funding to learn to be a political major or to acquire knowledge. > Getting an education and educating yourself isn't the same. We need funding to pay professors, to provide resources for their research, and to teach the next generation; and to provide housing and other services and resources for students. The idea that you could learn it on your own without guidance is unfounded and, as I said, extremely inefficient at best. Tell you what: I'll work with someone who has decades of expertise and you do it on your own, and we'll see who gets to the finish line first. My guess is you'll end up way off course and never reach the finish line.