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> Doing an anthropology Ph.D. is not bettering yourself through education. It is bettering themselves in the sense that you (on average) become a better, more
by burntoutfire 7y ago
> Doing an anthropology Ph.D. is not bettering yourself through education.
It is bettering themselves in the sense that you (on average) become a better, more developed person thanks to it. However, I agree that it's not helping your job prospects and bettering yourself is higher on Maslow's hierarchy than securing food and shelter (through job) for you and the child.
- SamReidHughes 7y agoYou could better yourself by practicing golf, instead. A far superior form of self-enrichment to anthropology.
- diffeomorphism 7y agoYes, why train your mind when you can train your swing instead.
- SamReidHughes 7y agoAnthropology PhD's aren't training their mind. Much less so than people who are starting their first job in sales. They're just studying man. It's very interesting, I'm sure, but as a matter of self-betterment, utterly replaceable. In fact, anthropology PhD's don't seem any better than non-PhD's to me. They're about the same as other people their age, maybe worse. This is with a sample size of one. On the other hand, if you've got a scratch handicap, you are better than me. I played with a +3 handicap once (better than scratch). Never have I seen something more beautiful. And scratch golfers must have a much better trained mind than some median anthropology PhD, or they wouldn't be able to hit the ball so consistently.