What’s going to be very important in 5 years’ time that we’re not thinking enough about now?
The collapse of (most of) the university system's credentialing power (and *fingers crossed* an attendant local-level revolt against occupational licensing).
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This implies a massive increase in information costs without a replacement. Are you betting on this resulting from macro-level decrease in info costs or a replacement credential that's similarly info-dense + higher signal?
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What nobody wants to say: everything captured in a typical college degree could also be captured by an IQ test + the evidenced willingness to sit down and copy the Bible, word for word, by hand, over 4 years. The ability to credential *actual skills* has amassed a GIANT pot.
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Possibly also regulatory complexity. Having 1,000s or 10,000s of pages of restrictions + obligations = liability that makes lean, nimble movement on [e.g. healthcare, transportation, energy] impossible. Under these conditions, even moderate socialist shifts will drain the tank
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People have been saying that for 30 years
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People have been raising concerns about most of the topics in this thread for decades...?
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