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The point I gave up reading was when Nate started arguing that a degree from an Ivy League would look worse than a good state school to employers because those

The point I gave up reading was when Nate started arguing that a degree from an Ivy League would look worse than a good state school to employers because those students are clearly political activist nincompoops. And it's like... first off, these trends have been going on for as long as I can remember (and I am no longer young), and second off, you got your fame doing good statistical analysis, surely you could back up your assertions with hard data showing the decline of hiring instead of political punditry. But I'm guessing the data shows the opposite of the political punditry here.

threeseed 3y ago
It's hilarious to see people up in arms about these students protesting. As though students from different generations didn't do exactly the same thing about the Gulf, Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam Wars.
- brian_cunnie 3y ago
  > As though students from different generations didn't do exactly the same thing about the Gulf, Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam Wars. I remember protesting at Penn in '85 ('86?) to persuade the trustees to divest from companies doing business in apartheid South Africa. And you know what? The trustees divested.
- zer00eyz 3y ago
  https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2024/04/26/neil-young-four-dead-in-ohio-finds-audience-with-palestine-protesters/73469646007/ https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2024/04/26/neil-you... The irony of a group of people who loved the slang "ok boomer" going back to a boomer moment and a boomer song should not be lost on anyone...
eli_gottlieb 3y ago
> The point I gave up reading was when Nate started arguing that a degree from an Ivy League would look worse than a good state school to employers because those students are clearly political activist nincompoops. Right, the politics are way down the list of reasons to not bother with these kids. The politics are downstream of these kids being nepo babies.

threeseed 3y ago

It's hilarious to see people up in arms about these students protesting. As though students from different generations didn't do exactly the same thing about the Gulf, Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam Wars.

brian_cunnie 3y ago
> As though students from different generations didn't do exactly the same thing about the Gulf, Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam Wars. I remember protesting at Penn in '85 ('86?) to persuade the trustees to divest from companies doing business in apartheid South Africa. And you know what? The trustees divested.
zer00eyz 3y ago
https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2024/04/26/neil-young-four-dead-in-ohio-finds-audience-with-palestine-protesters/73469646007/ https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2024/04/26/neil-you... The irony of a group of people who loved the slang "ok boomer" going back to a boomer moment and a boomer song should not be lost on anyone...

eli_gottlieb 3y ago

> The point I gave up reading was when Nate started arguing that a degree from an Ivy League would look worse than a good state school to employers because those students are clearly political activist nincompoops. Right, the politics are way down the list of reasons to not bother with these kids. The politics are downstream of these kids being nepo babies.