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Re:Is college worth it? A return-on-investment analysis by lotsofpulp on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @01:09PM (#29003049)
> It makes my flesh crawl to see college reduced purely to ROI, but at least they're honest that that's what they're doing.

Every choice a person makes has an implicit ROI calculation. It is good to make them explicit to make them accurate, to prevent from being disappointed due to erroneous calculations.

Re:Is college worth it? A return-on-investment analysis by Dudeman112 on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @01:31PM (#29003347)
>from being disappointed due to erroneous calculations

It's also good to be explicit about the bits not calculated in the ROI.

Utility functions that only use monies as input is sooo 18th century.

Re:Is college worth it? A return-on-investment analysis by lotsofpulp on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @01:32PM (#29003359)
The concept of ROI does not need to be restricted to money. Every time someone thinks “I will do this because it is worth it or worth my time”, whether it be talking to a neighbor or performing labor in exchange for money, you are making the calculation.
Re:Is college worth it? A return-on-investment analysis by Dudeman112 on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @01:43PM (#29003538)
That's... My point.