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Spending a few years in college is the easiest, shortest route to some pretty profound insights, and you say, "nah". I strongly disagree that this is a univers
by orangecat 15y ago
Spending a few years in college is the easiest, shortest route to some pretty profound insights, and you say, "nah".
I strongly disagree that this is a universal truth. As just one example, I'm finding the Stanford and Udacity courses I'm taking more rewarding than any of the courses I took in college, for a fraction of the time investment.
But making such a decision, or any decision for that matter, based on false assumptions - actually, criminally negligent and outrageously stupid assumptions - is just... dumb.
Really. So college apparently doesn't always effectively teach civility in discourse.
- sgrove 15y agoI felt your comment about civility in discourse to be spot on. What would some of the denser communities of highly-educated people look like if this were hammered on for the first two years of university? I'm certain hn would benefit from it.