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College is fundamentally a positional good, it lets you skip to the head of the line for a lot of jobs. Not everyone can be at the front of the line. So while i
by ThrustVectoring 7y ago
College is fundamentally a positional good, it lets you skip to the head of the line for a lot of jobs. Not everyone can be at the front of the line. So while it's still good advice to go to school, it's the height of insanity to try to elevate large segments of society via subsidized college education.
- BlueTemplar 7y agoThe original goal of college is not this kind of elevation.
- sjy 7y agoI’ll never cease to be amazed by the number of people who think it’s obviously true that nothing of “fundamental” value is imparted by education. It’s a flawed system, sure, but people do actually learn things and that’s good.