In 30 years all our children may be doctors just so they can flip burgers This is a point that is often lost in these discussions. We've worked hard in the Wes

In 30 years all our children may be doctors just so they can flip burgers This is a point that is often lost in these discussions. We've worked hard in the West to make higher education a commodity, but we haven't considered the unintended consequences. One of those is that if every millenial kid has an advanced degree, what makes them special snowflakes and differentiates them from the hoi polloi? Grade inflation and degree inflation mean that there's less incentive to get an advanced degree since ROI keeps decreasing while at the same time tuition keeps rising. I doubt our PhD-holding children will be flipping burgers, though—the robots will do that.