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visarga 6 hours ago

> No. It should help a person develop into a free, thoughtful, well-rounded human being.

That was the goal maybe in the past when only rich people could afford an education.

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Gud 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Why should that not be the goal for everyone, rich and poor?

And why are so few rich and so many poor?

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simonsarris 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Because how you spend your time is different when you need to work for a living and when you do not. If that's not transparent, this can't really be discussed. Spending 4 years and $300,000 is "fine" if you have a trust fund and "extremely stupid without a return-on-investment" if you don't.

	▲	Gud 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Uhm, why does the individual pay $300,000, sounds extremely backwards? That’s not a fact everywhere.

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pj_mukh 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think the March of Capitalism has been (at least in part) to make the luxuries of yore become commodified middle-class must-haves.

150 years ago, only the lords could afford a wash-up man, a laundry man, a cook, a tailor, a night out at the theater. Now we have airfryers, instant pots, fast fashion, washing machines, dishwashers and Netflix.

What does that look like for a Humboldtian education?

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kiba 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Labor became too expensive to afford than technology obsoleting household labor. They can find better opportunities. Currently labor is too cheap due to the housing crisis and poor urban planning. Paradoxically labor will become more expensive once structural issues are fixed.

	▲	red-iron-pine 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		how many people are going to have to suffer greatly, and for how long, before those structural issues are fixed?

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jasonlotito 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Do not confuse the purpose of higher education with trade schools, and do not assume that trade schools are merely for blue-collar jobs.

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SpaceNoodled 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Don't worry, we're fast approaching that again.

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1vuio0pswjnm7 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Whats the goal now