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The value of great institutions lies not merely in education, but in bringing great people together. Simply attracting already smart people (or determined and o
by argumentum 13y ago
The value of great institutions lies not merely in education, but in bringing great people together. Simply attracting already smart people (or determined and otherwise talented people) is a value in and of itself.
- bane 13y agoWe have those and they're generally free. We call them "social clubs" and "mixers". Heck, Mensa is basically a social club for smart folk.
- dnautics 13y agowell, yeah, but in a college, you're not just brought together to be in some sort of self-primping club, but you also do things like "work collaboratively on projects" and "pursue a guided learning track".
- jjindev 13y agoRobin Hanson and Tyler Cowen have had a lot of interesting discussions on the role and extent of "signalling" in higher education. I think Hanson takes the extreme view that it is mostly signalling, rather than skills (human capital). Obviously we see that at some level. "He's a college man" doesn't have the cache it did in 1920.