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by jt-hill 2y ago
"Things changed" is the part I disagree with. The students just have better tools to respond to the same incentives. My cohort ~15 years ago would have used just as much chatgpt if it had been available, and our spelling would hav
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by jt-hill 2y ago
The degree is still highly preferred (if not a hard requirement) for basically all white collar/middle class jobs. It's still, generally, a +EV proposition, so I don't think it's a convincing claim that it's just a
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by jt-hill 2y ago
That is true, but I don't think the students are the ones responsible for the second and third order effects of maintaining academic rigor. They're just playing the game they're given.
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by jt-hill 2y ago
The technology may be amplifying the effects because that's what technology does but it is not a change to the underlying dynamics. "The average college student today" is not uniquely lazy or lacking in character. They just h
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by jt-hill 2y ago
If you can bear with me while i attempt a synthesis here, I think this one line captures basically the entire dynamic, but the author seems to seriously underweight its explanatory value. > The average student has seen college as basical
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by jt-hill 3y ago
Loving the new features, and living the excuse to open it back up and lose a couple of weeks. OpenTTD was my introduction to logistics games and still holds its place in my heart
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by jt-hill 3y ago
Another example where the content doesn't support the headline. Nearly all of the decline to current levels had already occurred before 2020 for other reasons outlined in the article.