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The advantages of elite higher education compound over the generations. Affluent, well-educated parents marry each other and confer their advantages on their kids, who then go to fancy colleges and marry people like themselves. As in all caste societies, the segregation benefits the segregators. And as in all caste societies, the inequalities... See more
David Brooks • How the Ivy League Broke America
When I attended @MaritimeCollege, there were four types of students:
1) Working-class kids from NYPD & FDNY families—saw low tuition & high salaries as a ticket out.
2) Upstate farm kids—wanted a completely different life.
3) Sons of alumni—grew up around ships and knew the industry inside... See more
~1 year ago I had no idea how to code, and no college education, but had a dream of eventually becoming a top security researcher.
@sjkelleyjr put out a tweet saying he was looking to fund junior auditors. I sent this DM to him. We never reached a deal, but he showed a lot of interest and confidence that I could do well... See more
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by the latest estimate, 16 percent of Pike County adults hold bachelor’s degrees.
Arlie Russell Hochschild • Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right
Every weekday morning, Shalair Armstrong makes time to buy some bitcoin within earshot of hundreds of strangers.
Armstrong hosts a “room” in the audio social-media channel Clubhouse called “WakeUp With Bitcoin,” part of the Black Bitcoin Billionaires group on the platform that has swollen to 136,000 investors in about... See more
instagram.comThe wealthy and powerful families in Boston, New York, or Los Angeles are molded by these institutions into a tribe. School, family, and entitlement effectively combine. The elites vacation together, ski at the same Swiss resorts, and know the names of the same restaurants in New York and Paris. They lunch at the same clubs and golf on the same
... See moreChris Hedges • Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
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Alicia Shamji • 1 card
Experience has proven that the best-educated people are often those who are known as "self-made," or self-educated.