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Re:More than half the Thiel Fellows plan on returning to school by foolrush on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @09:21PM (#8007642)
Sadly, a strong argument could be made that the technology sector / startup scene is perhaps one of the most desperate cultures in need of formal liberal arts knowledge.

Sexism, invisible privilege, and other forms of uneducated myopia stand as obvious examples. Interesting technological / sociological solutions to hidden issues possibly another.

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Re:More than half the Thiel Fellows plan on returning to school by JetSpiegel on Wednesday July 09, 2014 @12:09AM (#8008013)
You can add total historical ignorance, even for matters related to the product they are building. Reinventing the wheel over and over again.
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