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Even as the cost of tuition increased, the value of university went unquestioned. Colleges bundled education and signaling. Students who thrived in boring classes signaled traits to employers, like conscientiousness, intelligence and conformity. Now, due to the proliferation of information on the internet and the rise of affordable and effective al... See more
David Perell • What the Hell Is Going On?
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Emma • 1 card
Research by UNMS
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@wanyeburkett Or by making them sign a Certificate of Unprofitable Degree
(inspired from Matt Levine's "Certificate of Dumb Investment") https://t.co/shpDJZNpSJ
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Chad Aaron Hall • 4 cards
Omniscians was coined by Gabriel Harvey, other 17th century where this feature was important and coined by many terms ...are polymath , polyhistor, polygraph (deragotary). another term virtuoso refers to scholars collecting a variety of objects. in latin, scientia universalis, pansophia, polymathi. versatile in Italian.
Just a moment...
This investment in coherence and self-transparency grounded in a supposedly universal and objective view of reality severely limits our capacity to face and address plurality, uncertainty, ambiguity, and unknowability—both within ourselves and in the world at large.
Vanessa Machado De Oliveira • Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity's Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism
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Isidro Fernandez C • 1 card