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> Are we really going to rehash the same, tired argument that only STEM majors are useful to society? It seems so, since it's hard for people to admit that an
by a4a4a4a4 4y ago
> Are we really going to rehash the same, tired argument that only STEM majors are useful to society?
It seems so, since it's hard for people to admit that an average STEM graduate is much more useful than an average humanities graduate. It's not that the humanities aren't useful, they are, but to succeed and actually have an impact on society, you need to be one of the best humanities graduates.
We don't need more psych bachelors grads who took on 10-20x their future annual income in student loans, only to file paperwork in an office for the rest of their lives. There are much better ways for them and for society to spend that money than subsidizing/bailing them out.
- gnz11 4y ago> It's not that the humanities aren't useful, they are, but to succeed and actually have an impact on society, you need to be one of the best humanities graduates. Your average STEM grad is not having the impact on society like what you describe here. We also don’t need more CS bachelor grads churning out CRUD apps for adtech companies.
- mint2 4y agoOr “democratizing” finance with coin base or “democratizing” housing via REITs
- amanaplanacanal 4y agoPerhaps if we were better at funding mental health in the US all those psych degrees might turn out to be useful.
- a4a4a4a4 4y agoIt doesn’t really matter because most of those psych grads aren’t and would never be capable of administering mental healthcare beyond what any of us can already find on Google.