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> But Ms McRae is also concerned that programmes like Lambda School, though well-meaning, risk undermining existing educational institutions by offering a quick
by Eridrus 8y ago
> But Ms McRae is also concerned that programmes like Lambda School, though well-meaning, risk undermining existing educational institutions by offering a quicker route to work.
If only. We all know the majority of what we learned in school was not useful.
We should be striving to cut out the wasteful education that only serves as a signaling arms race https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/01/whats-college-good-for/546590/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/01/whats-c...
- jacobobryant 8y agoDon't know why this was downvoted. Having gone through higher ed, I think "undermining existing educational institutions" is a great thing. Now if we could just get rid of the standard hierarchical corporate structure...
- Double_a_92 8y agoAverage people are already generally pretty ignorant... Removing even basic general knowledge from society, is not going to do anything good. We tend to underestimate that because we (engineers / people on HN) mostly happen to have a good education and interest in general knowledge.
- Eridrus 8y agoImproving general knowledge and ability is an admirable goal. But education is pretty bad at it.