Good thread, though the selection effects aren't that strong I think. It's that plus overexposure of the extremists. I suspect the STEM side is mostly centrist still.https://twitter.com/noahpinion/status/934605995690487808 …
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I'm too busy laughing at "Universities are the lynchpin of the modern American economy". How about: Keep the top 5 departments in each field, dissolve every other university / department, put 20 year olds on a regiment of Coursera and group housing, watch renaissance unfold.
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Hell; keep the top 50 most productive "fields", dissolve the rest, give would-be students a voucher to App Academy.
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unthinkable for same reason prohibition is sticky: too many jobs depend on bad policy
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Chris Johnson Retweeted Chris Johnson
I deeply respect primacy of “jobs”, actually. I believe some hero will one day articulate this better:https://twitter.com/ckhonson/status/934271283369426944 …
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Toying with “fake jobs!” as a pithy jab
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graeber is ahead of you with bullshit jobs
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