Re:Incentives in economics are wrong, but how?
by wahern on Friday June 11, 2021 @06:34PM
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Interestingly, my neighborhood public library in the Outer Richmond district of San Francisco offers free Great Books-style discussion groups. I never attended a session but always noticed the schedule on the bulletin board. Googling it just now, it's apparently led by members of the Great Books Council of San Francisco (https://www.greatbooksncal.org/).
When my children get old enough I hope to attend with them. I had the great fortune to experience a Great Books program for 2-3 years in high school (a pet project of a teacher who fought tooth and nail to fund that class) and consider it a formative experience.
Re:Incentives in economics are wrong, but how?
by eunoia on Friday June 11, 2021 @06:35PM
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Yeah to be clear I don’t mean to say a liberal arts education is literally only worth $1.50. I personally place immense value on learning.
Just to point out that much like working at a high level in tech, a degree is actually not a hard pre-requisite to having an understanding of the humanities, ethics, etc.
Also just like STEM, many will absolutely benefit from the structure of a university setting.
I just couldn’t resist the Good Will Hunting quote.
- Someone who knows those books to explain and lead discussions about them.
- A place to hold those meetings.
- Some kind of accountability for actually doing the readings, writing the papers, and internalizing some understanding.
That costs a little more than $1.50 but it has no right to cost $150k. It's not like graduate student wages are expensive.