> Universities are the future of work Historical universities were originally an acculturing opportunity for the upper classes who were often not obliged to wo

> Universities are the future of work Historical universities were originally an acculturing opportunity for the upper classes who were often not obliged to work, and modern universities broadly provide the same services to a more egalitarian cohort. Work preparation was never really something they were optimized for, although there's now about three or four generations of them erroneously being treated that way in political and social discourse. In that view, it's no surprise that universities don't quite know what do with themselves or that many of their graduates find themselves drowning in profound debt while struggling to find work related to their studies (since their studies were about becoming cultured, not preparing for work). Most people work in trades of some kind, and there have always been much more effective and efficient ways to learn trades than through universities.