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Quote from: Viceroy on April 24, 2013, 12:58:44 PM

Quote from: JimmiesForBitcoins on April 24, 2013, 12:55:05 PM

I think the internet will revolutionize not only college level education, but all education. It's going to make the term "market place for ideas" a whole lot more literal. It would help A LOT if the government would get the hell out of the way though.

You mean this: https://www.khanacademy.org/

That's one example, but we can go so much further. The fun has only yet begun. The net as we know it is only in its infancy.

Quote from: Rassah on April 24, 2013, 03:20:49 PM

Quote from: 1m1nd on April 24, 2013, 03:06:43 PM

this entire civilisation is a bubble

The sun's energy output is a bubble.

I like to blow giant bubbles with wands. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9y5T2Xdfytg#t=4s

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Quote from: 1m1nd on April 24, 2013, 03:06:43 PM

this entire civilisation is a bubble

The sun's energy output is a bubble.

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this entire civilisation is a bubble

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You mean this: https://www.khanacademy.org/

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Love it

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Quote from: JimmiesForBitcoins on April 24, 2013, 12:55:05 PM

I think the internet will revolutionize not only college level education, but all education. It's going to make the term "market place for ideas" a whole lot more literal. It would help A LOT if the government would get the hell out of the way though.

You mean this: https://www.khanacademy.org/

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Quote from: JimmiesForBitcoins on April 24, 2013, 12:55:05 PM

I think the internet will revolutionize not only college level education, but all education. It's going to make the term "market place for ideas" a whole lot more literal. It would help A LOT if the government would get the hell out of the way though.

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Quote from: Lethn on April 24, 2013, 12:28:10 PM

I don't think it's in dire need of more degrees Rassah, western countries in general have that many degrees and courses that they don't know what to do with them all, I've been thinking back to the classes I sat in with schools and it amazes me how they managed to make the subjects so fucking boring. I look at stuff they taught back then that I've decided to partly look at again when I don't have anything else to do and what they taught was absolute garbage.

Seriously, how do you make digging for shiny and expensive gemstones and finding out where they live boring? How? In geography etc. all I got was a stupid textbook that ranted on about sand and climate change etc.

I think the internet will revolutionize not only college level education, but all education. It's going to make the term "market place for ideas" a whole lot more literal. It would help A LOT if the government would get the hell out of the way though.

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I don't think it's in dire need of more degrees Rassah, western countries in general have that many degrees and courses that they don't know what to do with them all, I've been thinking back to the classes I sat in with schools and it amazes me how they managed to make the subjects so fucking boring. I look at stuff they taught back then that I've decided to partly look at again when I don't have anything else to do and what they taught was absolute garbage.

Seriously, how do you make digging for shiny and expensive gemstones and finding out where they live boring? How? In geography etc. all I got was a stupid textbook that ranted on about sand and climate change etc.

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It might be a bubble, with too many people getting college degrees, and yet, USA is losing a lot of its business to overseas countries that have way more college degrees than we do. I wouldn't say it's a bubble, as much as it's people studying what no one needs. USA is in dire need of degrees in science, engineering, and mathematics.

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Quote from: myrkul on April 24, 2013, 09:43:53 AM

Yeah, way too many people get college degrees, and end up asking if you'd like fries with that. It's just another way for you to be trapped in debt.

This is your experience? (cough, cough, laugh)

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I believe it's primarily the result of too many people being dependent upon corporations for their employment, rather than working for themselves as contractors or starting their own business. Working for yourself seems like a pipe dream, and if you want to impress the big companies, everyone feels like they need a PhD in theoretical physics. Plus it's become the "norm" to get a degree. First question out of most people's mouths when I meet them is, "so what are you studying for?" So now the only way to set yourself apart is to become a rocket scientist or a doctor. Or a rocket doctor. Because rockets need doctors too.

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Yeah, way too many people get college degrees, and end up asking if you'd like fries with that. It's just another way for you to be trapped in debt.

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Haha, you'd think so.

But nahhh. Been outta the education system for years now

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Did a teacher piss you off today? Cheesy

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And people thought Bitcoin was a bubble...

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