Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build data centers

Re:Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build ... by whimsicalism on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @01:31PM (#42795984)

I didn't say "the wealthy", I said the wealthier third of our society. Only ~39% of people age 18-24 are in college, those are generally the wealthier people in our society, and free college (I'm assuming from your reply it's free public college) would mostly be a giveaway to those people.

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Re:Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build ... by aylmao on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @03:37PM (#42797222)

Have you considered that perhaps you have causality mixed up here? Perhaps it's not that only the wealthier ~39% of people want to go to college, but rather that the bottom 61% don't want that economic burden.

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Re:Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build ... by whimsicalism on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @07:22PM (#42799061)

I certainly agree that more people would be going to college if it were free. 80% of people? I'm skeptical, but the existing people sending their kids to college (who can afford foregoing that income) would certainly appreciate the giveaway

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Re:Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build ... by aylmao on Thursday January 23, 2025 @12:19PM (#42805881)

Those who can afford it as easily as you say are the kind that will go to private schools in a heartbeat

Those who are struggling to afford it are the ones who will appreciate the help

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