> Maybe I don't care if my degree (philosophy) has questionable utility in the work force. Maybe I don't want to be "employable". This is a perfectly valid pos

> Maybe I don't care if my degree (philosophy) has questionable utility in the work force. Maybe I don't want to be "employable". This is a perfectly valid position and stands in no contradiction to the parent post. I think the parent post was tacitly referring to people who want to have the cake and eat it too: study subjects of questionable market utility and be employable at the same time.