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I just wondered, what is YCs success rate vs other business or career options? I think universities should focus on academic studies, not as a pipeline to YC.

IronyMan1 2mo ago
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locknitpicker 2mo ago
> I think universities should focus on academic studies, not as a pipeline to YC. I agree. If someone wishes to study business or even management, let them take a specialized degree or elective courses. There is no wisdom in removing focus from a specialized degree.
palmotea 2mo ago
> I think universities should focus on academic studies, not as a pipeline to YC. No, they should focus on providing investors the resources they want to get richer. Investors are the only people who matter in the world. Academic studies and knowledge are literally a worthless waste of time, compared to the investments of investors.
- codemog 2mo ago
  This. If people became redundant due to AGI this article would be about best preparing the population to be Soylent Green.
- ziofill 2mo ago
  > Academic studies and knowledge are literally a worthless waste of time Not everything is about money
  - embedding-shape 2mo ago
    Compared to the investments of investors who invest, literally nothing is as important as VCs in the world, not even doctors! Like what would humans even be without money? Probably poor, and who wants to be poor?
    - ziofill 2mo ago
      ok ok, I get it now, it's satire ^^'
- louisbourgault 2mo ago
  I assume this is satire. I hope it is, at least.
  - Terr_ 2mo ago
    I guess it being on HN does tweak the sensor calibration a bit.
  - palmotea 2mo ago
    > I assume this is satire. I hope it is, at least. How could it be satire? If you don't believe that investors' investments are the most important good-thing in the world, you must be an anti-capitalist in favor of Soviet-style central planning, and we all know how that turned out. There is no alternative.
trimethylpurine 2mo ago
Universities are doing what they need to do to make money. That's not applicable to teachers who may often times be doing what they need to do to matter to you (because that's what they genuinely want for themselves).
- jimnotgym 2mo ago
  It's amazing really that this drive is there. Obviously a university needs some money, but... The top universities have been successfull for over 900 years in focusing on having the best teaching and research. Do we really think that will go away, rich people will stop wanting their kids to have the best education?

IronyMan1 2mo ago

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locknitpicker 2mo ago

> I think universities should focus on academic studies, not as a pipeline to YC. I agree. If someone wishes to study business or even management, let them take a specialized degree or elective courses. There is no wisdom in removing focus from a specialized degree.

palmotea 2mo ago

> I think universities should focus on academic studies, not as a pipeline to YC. No, they should focus on providing investors the resources they want to get richer. Investors are the only people who matter in the world. Academic studies and knowledge are literally a worthless waste of time, compared to the investments of investors.

codemog 2mo ago
This. If people became redundant due to AGI this article would be about best preparing the population to be Soylent Green.
ziofill 2mo ago
> Academic studies and knowledge are literally a worthless waste of time Not everything is about money
- embedding-shape 2mo ago
  Compared to the investments of investors who invest, literally nothing is as important as VCs in the world, not even doctors! Like what would humans even be without money? Probably poor, and who wants to be poor?
  - ziofill 2mo ago
    ok ok, I get it now, it's satire ^^'
louisbourgault 2mo ago
I assume this is satire. I hope it is, at least.
- Terr_ 2mo ago
  I guess it being on HN does tweak the sensor calibration a bit.
- palmotea 2mo ago
  > I assume this is satire. I hope it is, at least. How could it be satire? If you don't believe that investors' investments are the most important good-thing in the world, you must be an anti-capitalist in favor of Soviet-style central planning, and we all know how that turned out. There is no alternative.

trimethylpurine 2mo ago

Universities are doing what they need to do to make money. That's not applicable to teachers who may often times be doing what they need to do to matter to you (because that's what they genuinely want for themselves).

jimnotgym 2mo ago
It's amazing really that this drive is there. Obviously a university needs some money, but... The top universities have been successfull for over 900 years in focusing on having the best teaching and research. Do we really think that will go away, rich people will stop wanting their kids to have the best education?