it's the best example bc Thiel even cites "education being broken" as being a bad example of a "controversial truth" -- everyone already knew that part. everyone knew it but finding a useful secret that dealt with it was still this hard
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Thiel actually nailed education - both why it’s used and not used. It’s insurance. A degree is an implied promise that you’ll be employable, worth going into massive debt for. So what if you just eliminate the risk? Both of nonemployment and of school not working out.
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that's not a great analysis. for me postgrad is where the best people are (until recently which is why I'm going to industry soon) and the easiest way to make connections to and learn from them. I completely agree that nobody should get a CS degree to do SW tho
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(also lambda totally works for people for whom degrees are insurance, yes, sorry jumped the gun)
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Ya we don’t compete with the research arm of Stanford at all. We are a trade school designed for one thing only - to get you to a high paying job. No way we could beat Stanford at being Stanford
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Actually I wonder if there is a secret to doing Bell Labs right? Google X didn't manage it, but universities sure do all the time. What's the deal there? hmm
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I’m sure you could unbundle that and do a better job. I couldn’t, but someone could. Though those things swallow money like few other institutions.
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YC tried with HARC and other things also and no dice. OpenAI? Ish. Hmm.
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The story of Xerox Parc in The Outsiders is fascinating. I recommend it.
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Oh sorry, it’s actually called troublemakers by Berlin
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