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    1. Garry Tan‏Verified account @garrytan 17 Mar 2019

      Credentials are signaling mechanisms that help people who can’t spot talent a priori At best these create communities where there are lower transaction costs between members, which enables creation So we can’t get rid of credentials. We need to find ones that are more fair.

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 17 Mar 2019
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      Yes, except I think you mean more accurate, rather than more fair.

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        2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 17 Mar 2019
          Replying to @paulg @garrytan

          By the way, what's with the name? Does it mean you take no arguments?

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        3. Brandon Stone‏ @LBStone 17 Mar 2019
          Replying to @paulg @garrytan

          Maybe it means he’s functional

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        2. Nick Walker‏ @nw3 17 Mar 2019
          Replying to @paulg @garrytan

          I think credentialing identifies systematic talent and competence, and abstracting that out from the decision making process has utility. Ultimate success, however, is driven by idiosyncratic factors.

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        3. markrhill‏ @markrhill 17 Mar 2019
          Replying to @nw3 @paulg @garrytan

          Really depends on the setting: established hierarchies value the general intelligence, self-discipline, and willingness to conform credentialed by the current higher ed oligopoly. Success in breakthrough innovation requires non-conformance grounded in customer empathy.

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        2. Garry Tan‏Verified account @garrytan 17 Mar 2019
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          Yes I think accurate is a better word Fair is a morality argument maybe. They are related but not the same thing.

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        3. Ontologist (Max Vishnevskiy)‏ @vmaxim 17 Mar 2019
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          The term does not matter, as does the whole etymology. What is important is the goal as the being the very "your phrase". This is not about philosophy, but about superposition of the target essence.

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        1. Alan Lyles‏ @Ecrive 17 Mar 2019
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          in response to “that’s very impressive” regarding some credential or title, One of my replies = “ if you are impressed by that, then you deserve to be”

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        1. Ontologist (Max Vishnevskiy)‏ @vmaxim 17 Mar 2019
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          From the purpose of the application “@garrytan tweet” in total (i.e., what happens with the being of the tweet further), depends on which of the phrases (accurate data or fair data) in this tweet will be accurate or fair. This is the principle of superposition in quantum theory.

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        1. markrhill‏ @markrhill 17 Mar 2019
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          From the narrow perspective of a single hiring decision, accurate is better. From a citizen’s perspective, we also want fairness in the process leading up to the test, so that all young people have equal opportunity to develop the capability to do well.

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        1. Graeham Douglas‏ @Graeham 17 Mar 2019
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          Not absolute equality, but equality of opportunity

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