Kids used to (be forced to) do this routinely. It’s like furniture for the mind. At the risk of piling on, how many lines of Shakespeare can even college-educated millennials quote?https://twitter.com/marykarrlit/status/1072921008242331653 …
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Replying to @EnlightFundy
"how many lines of Shakespeare can ____ quote" i think the vast majority of S. that most can quote comes from 1000s of 3rd hand historical references rather than firsthand appreciation of the OG text Sort of like the bible; most of the best parts I know come from novel titles.
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Replying to @Bugs_Meany @EnlightFundy
I've been reading the Case Against Education by Bryan Caplan and it's astonishing how little even top students remember from their college majors, let alone ancillary classes. It may be that the era of broad erudition is an illusion.
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I'm a BC fan. I'm also a fan of 'great books' liberal arts education. These arent necessarily incompatible ideas.
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Replying to @Bugs_Meany @EnlightFundy
Have you read it? There's certainly some tension there.
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Replying to @metorotem @rotemeren and
Caplan attempting to convince the reader that his own job is a sinecure created by a confluence of accidents that wouldn't exist in a rationally organized society, while using arguments developed by him and others holding similar jobs, is cute.
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That's not true. He doesn't think academic research is a waste. The book doesn't address people who get PhDs because of course those produce value.
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Replying to @eigenrobot @Rationalbot and
I'm not sure what would go into the calculation of net in this case. He looks at being a professor as a job like any other and a PhD is occupational training for that job.
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gross less opportunity cost
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Replying to @eigenrobot @Rationalbot and
But what's the opportunity cost of getting a PhD if your goal is a job that requires a PhD?
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Replying to @metorotem @rotemeren and
I'm kind of more worried about the positive externalities here. Most of the economic value of academic research goes uncaptured by the people who undertake it.
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