> the problem with gatekeeping having standards isn't the same thing as gatekeeping. this is the problem with teaching retards buzzwords, but not how to understand anything.  > ultimately inefficient for technological progress we were number 1 in the world at everything with the old system. now the mayor of philadelphia can't spell eagles. what you are calling "education" has not made us smarter or better.  > and it worked well (take the silicon valley for example) it didn't work well at all. most of the successful people in silicon valley didn't go to college or didn't finish. we have the largest student debt bubble in the world, and one of the dumbest populations for an industrial country. those two factors are not coincidental.
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