> Maybe humanities needs to change its target primarily from 18 year olds who are figuring out what to do with their lives, to 40 year olds, who already make mo

> Maybe humanities needs to change its target primarily from 18 year olds who are figuring out what to do with their lives, to 40 year olds, who already make money, but want to learn more about what it means to be human. I think a lot of higher education would be best life-long learning. The amount of stuff you learn before any real-world XP, only to forget (or cling unhealthily to) feels v. wasteful. A professors time might be best spent on adults in the field. That said, for the humanities, there still needs to be a marketable skill-set that underpins the field.