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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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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Replying to @spiderfoods @vgr
did you see that graphic going around that claimed that the biggest single “private” employer in many states was state U?
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Huh. I’d believe that. I’d also guess most of those jobs are food/building/custodial related, or are there actually that many paper-pushers?
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Google cost disease for basic explanation.A lot of the admin growth has nominally been to administer loan programs, which in turn is complex because of affirmative action. If you want to understand the rise of campus SJWs, follow the money.
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It seems also like the “ideal rate” at which de-bullshitification happens is an open and complex question, which requires more delicacy than the “dissolve” language I’m advocating for. Downward economic pressure seems like best fit, IE, what “Republicans” are proposing here.
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Of course, downward economic pressure could backfire in cases of runaway inelastic demand, so maybe somebody “half as radical” as me like Thiel could ramp up the “dropout option” by about 10-15% memetically... I don’t actually have a good answer for this.
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