I know Im asking randomly but does any of you know of a method to log back into an Instagram account..? I stupidly lost the account password. I love any tricks you can offer me!
A great lecture with great insights. I would still make a case against the signaling explains it all argument - that you forgot almost everything you studied at university and IQ, literacy and math skills don't increase significantly during college (and for those who work hard and don't cheat it might not be the case). My point is - everything you learned in college you forgot, but it took you 4 years to learn it. Now ask yourself, how much time will it take you to relearn it all? Probably a very short time, a few months will suffice. And many graduates work in jobs even though they don't require academic knowledge they are relatable to what you majored in. For example an econ major that works in a bank or a data analyst that majored in math... In those jobs you deal with materials that can be similar to what you learned at school and the deep neural connections that you created in the econ class have been weaken to the point you don't remember the material but not to the point that they have been completely erased, and they could be served to learn subjects that are closely related to what you have learned and do it quickly. Someone who studied history didn't increase his IQ significantly but he did increase his ability to understand texts about dates, even though he forgot everything factual that he learned, this neural connections will serve him in his job as a fraud assessor in a credit insurance company. Anyway, your points are still valid and mind provoking. And also alarming about the health of our democracy in chronic political ignorance
If you need to have a college degree in order to become a waiter in America, then the schooling system is worse than before, not better. From what I've heard the schooling system is much better in Europe.
You dont need the degree to do the job, we just so highly subsidized college degrees that not having that degree is perceived as being of low aptitude and so employers use it as a simple litmus test to eliminate applicants
This is true, but colleges aren't even successful in teaching people critical thinking (for which people praise them). This fact alone should make us think about their utility. Of course, there are cases, where a college education is necessary (especially in medicine), but most of the time spending such an amount of money for studying a few years for a worthless degree is just a waste of time.
When surveyed, most college students will admit that the reason they're in college is to help get a better job. That's their own story about what they're doing, so it's at least worth addressing. But do also remember that this is the one respect in which education fails the least, comparatively speaking. Having a more impressive degree really will help you get a better job.
Sure. Let's do it. Lets dumb down the curriculum even further. Just prepare yourself for inequality in all aspects of society the likes of which you have never seen.
@divinegon4671 If you water down education so that students are not encouraged to pursue difficult courses then only the brightest and well motivated will amount to anything.
Having a basic understanding of history and other subjects is vital to a functioning democracy. The main reason why conspiracy theories and reactionary politics are becoming so widespread is that Americans are very poorly educated. Also, the arts are important to culture and just being a well-rounded human being. This line of thinking comes off as very reductionist, as if schools should just be factories for producing industrial employees. There are numerous problems with the education system, but all austerity does is hurt poor people
@@diegomorales8616 No, but most people can’t afford private school and I don’t think self-teaching would scale well to the majority of young people. My preferred solution would be public funding of non public schools, or even individual teachers being able to operate independently, as long as basic standards were met to qualify for public funding. His take just came off as a bit reductionist, dismissing the value of areas of study that aren’t explicitly job training
@The505Guys It certainly can work very well for a lot of people. There’s plenty of resources, from free online courses, to being able to have almost any book delivered to you for under $20, and RUclips, which in some ways functions like I think a university should: audiences curious about gaining knowledge for its own sake, and creators presenting ideas free from institutional restrictions. This approach does require a level of self-discipline though that I think would be difficult for most young people. Maybe this could be possible in the future if there’s a cultural shift in that direction. There’s also the issue that one can gain a lot of information on a topic, but may be lacking in foundational aspects unless they know which sources to investigate. Finally, it can be just as easy to find profound insights on a topic as it can be to fall into an unhelpful echo chamber. A level of discernment is required that I don’t think most people possess currently. That’s where I think that if topics like critical thinking, media literacy, and basic psychology were taught in a formalized way from a young age it would have a huge positive impact on our society
@@bozimmerman I haven’t read his book, I’ve just seen this video and a couple debates he’s done. Does he offer a solution other than just defunding? I acknowledge that the current system is bad, but wouldn’t gutting it just make things worse?
He's trying to break things down to the bare minimum of practical knowledge which he believes are necessary to do a job while ignoring the views of actual employers/HR people. In other words, HE doesn't think the ability to decode Latin helps a person do a better job at being a doctor, but he doesn't think it important to ask the opinions of hospitals that hire doctors or med schools that admit them. There may be a good reason that med schools look for people who've demonstrated nimbleness of thought by learning Latin.
Also, I'm not sure why he thinks waitering hasn't changed substantially over time. For those of us who have been alive long enough, we remember what customer service used to look like. It's very different from what it's like today. Waitering at some restaurants requires much softer skills these days, and these skills are even more important in these days of Yelp and Google Reviews.
More than anything, I appreciate that he distinguishes between teaching vs learning. And learning anything vs learning employable skills.
I know Im asking randomly but does any of you know of a method to log back into an Instagram account..?
I stupidly lost the account password. I love any tricks you can offer me!
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Wish I could study at GMU for a reasonable price! Bryan is amazing I watch all of his content, read all of his books!
Same here. My fav economist, even when I think some of his declarations are ill considered.
A great lecture with great insights.
I would still make a case against the signaling explains it all argument - that you forgot almost everything you studied at university and IQ, literacy and math skills don't increase significantly during college (and for those who work hard and don't cheat it might not be the case).
My point is - everything you learned in college you forgot, but it took you 4 years to learn it. Now ask yourself, how much time will it take you to relearn it all? Probably a very short time, a few months will suffice. And many graduates work in jobs even though they don't require academic knowledge they are relatable to what you majored in. For example an econ major that works in a bank or a data analyst that majored in math...
In those jobs you deal with materials that can be similar to what you learned at school and the deep neural connections that you created in the econ class have been weaken to the point you don't remember the material but not to the point that they have been completely erased, and they could be served to learn subjects that are closely related to what you have learned and do it quickly.
Someone who studied history didn't increase his IQ significantly but he did increase his ability to understand texts about dates, even though he forgot everything factual that he learned, this neural connections will serve him in his job as a fraud assessor in a credit insurance company.
Anyway, your points are still valid and mind provoking. And also alarming about the health of our democracy in chronic political ignorance
If you need to have a college degree in order to become a waiter in America, then the schooling system is worse than before, not better. From what I've heard the schooling system is much better in Europe.
You dont need the degree to do the job, we just so highly subsidized college degrees that not having that degree is perceived as being of low aptitude and so employers use it as a simple litmus test to eliminate applicants
yeah but not everything is about working, education is not designed to make you find a job, you can find a job in mcdonald if you want
This is true, but colleges aren't even successful in teaching people critical thinking (for which people praise them). This fact alone should make us think about their utility. Of course, there are cases, where a college education is necessary (especially in medicine), but most of the time spending such an amount of money for studying a few years for a worthless degree is just a waste of time.
When surveyed, most college students will admit that the reason they're in college is to help get a better job. That's their own story about what they're doing, so it's at least worth addressing.
But do also remember that this is the one respect in which education fails the least, comparatively speaking. Having a more impressive degree really will help you get a better job.
Sure. Let's do it. Lets dumb down the curriculum even further. Just prepare yourself for inequality in all aspects of society the likes of which you have never seen.
You have a weak grasp of the situation
@divinegon4671
If you water down education so that students are not encouraged to pursue difficult courses then only the brightest and well motivated will amount to anything.
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So enlighten me.
@@psychicspy force children to labor in the fields.
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Eat ice cream with a fork
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Having a basic understanding of history and other subjects is vital to a functioning democracy. The main reason why conspiracy theories and reactionary politics are becoming so widespread is that Americans are very poorly educated. Also, the arts are important to culture and just being a well-rounded human being. This line of thinking comes off as very reductionist, as if schools should just be factories for producing industrial employees.
There are numerous problems with the education system, but all austerity does is hurt poor people
Is government school the only way to learn history? See James Tooley. Is a larger government more helpful for people? See the freedom index.
@@diegomorales8616 No, but most people can’t afford private school and I don’t think self-teaching would scale well to the majority of young people. My preferred solution would be public funding of non public schools, or even individual teachers being able to operate independently, as long as basic standards were met to qualify for public funding.
His take just came off as a bit reductionist, dismissing the value of areas of study that aren’t explicitly job training
@The505Guys It certainly can work very well for a lot of people. There’s plenty of resources, from free online courses, to being able to have almost any book delivered to you for under $20, and RUclips, which in some ways functions like I think a university should: audiences curious about gaining knowledge for its own sake, and creators presenting ideas free from institutional restrictions.
This approach does require a level of self-discipline though that I think would be difficult for most young people. Maybe this could be possible in the future if there’s a cultural shift in that direction. There’s also the issue that one can gain a lot of information on a topic, but may be lacking in foundational aspects unless they know which sources to investigate.
Finally, it can be just as easy to find profound insights on a topic as it can be to fall into an unhelpful echo chamber. A level of discernment is required that I don’t think most people possess currently. That’s where I think that if topics like critical thinking, media literacy, and basic psychology were taught in a formalized way from a young age it would have a huge positive impact on our society
He covers all that in his book, and destroys it. This is a perfect example of someone reviewing a book without checking the table of contents.
@@bozimmerman I haven’t read his book, I’ve just seen this video and a couple debates he’s done. Does he offer a solution other than just defunding? I acknowledge that the current system is bad, but wouldn’t gutting it just make things worse?
He's trying to break things down to the bare minimum of practical knowledge which he believes are necessary to do a job while ignoring the views of actual employers/HR people. In other words, HE doesn't think the ability to decode Latin helps a person do a better job at being a doctor, but he doesn't think it important to ask the opinions of hospitals that hire doctors or med schools that admit them. There may be a good reason that med schools look for people who've demonstrated nimbleness of thought by learning Latin.
Also, I'm not sure why he thinks waitering hasn't changed substantially over time. For those of us who have been alive long enough, we remember what customer service used to look like. It's very different from what it's like today. Waitering at some restaurants requires much softer skills these days, and these skills are even more important in these days of Yelp and Google Reviews.
You need to learn this dead language to perform surgery because…..you just do okay!
HR, aka human resources, so who is reducing humans ?
Great for doctors, most people won't be doctors. Most people will work at Target which is fine