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There are tons of those articles though. This one was refreshingly detached from all that.

• Apocryphon 8y ago
  Which makes it somewhat anachronistic, no? Imagine an article that cheerleads the traditional college experience at all cost. Might've been fine fifteen years ago, now it would sound dated in the era of crushing student debt.
  • rdiddly 8y ago
    Not so much anachronistic as trans-chronistic, if there's such a thing. All he's doing is focusing less on what has changed, and more on what has stayed the same over time. I'm sure having grown up there, you can probably spot some of the same things. But I would also wager that it's the changes that tend to jump to the front of your mind, because they're the more noticeable and obvious part - they're intrusive, annoying, costly, and even traumatic for some. Still I appreciated two ideas buried in this: One, that he is (maybe slyly) pointing out that this bubble is a lot like the last bubble. And two, that for every Jobs who shows up hell-bent on a meteoric rise (and who either succeeds or crashes spectacularly) there are always plenty of Wozniaks quietly and steadily moving the actual work along. I would tend to agree that higher ed seems to be in a dangerous upheaval or crisis. For SV I don't see it... not yet anyway. But I'm watching from afar so whadda I know? Either way, I wouldn't worry too much about the effects though... either of this piece or all the ones rightly pointing out the downsides. Seems like (maybe sadly) they tend to have no effect either way.