In The Age Of AI, Is College/University Still Worth It?

[dora_da_destroyer]

Stanford looks cool in that picture, but it's not a damn resort and it's in the middle of lifeless azz Silicon Valley area. nothing to do there but get stuck in traffic. in my opinion a terrible location compared to the others.

What!? Stanford has an amazing campus, and we back against the foothills so there’s lots of nature around. 90-95% of students live on campus and you’re guaranteed housing for 4 years so there’s nothing to do with traffic. Now of course it’s not comparable to being coastside, but as for actual campus, you’ll be hard pressed for Stanford to not be amongst the nicest.

 

[Yinny]

Life-altering debt aside, I still think yes. Education is valuable.

With that said it's harder to tie it easily/neatly to 'why' given the debt and employers' ever-changing standards for what you need to do and have, especially for Black people - I have a friend who earned two Masters from Harvard (Ed & Kennedy) ~2 years ago, high distinction and hasn't been able to get a job since the Obama administration.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Even rich white people who don’t need degrees go to college. I’ll believe all of these “you don’t need college “ narratives when the elites stop bribing colleges to get their kids in. They only sell the ‘you don’t need college’ narrative to the poor and non-whites.

You can’t really compare the value of going to elite schools with the average school. Elite schools are about networking and brand, not the degree. Lots of people coming out of Stanford, Harvard, Yale, etc with liberal arts degrees getting the most desired jobs in finance, consulting, tech, media, entertainment. But the ROI for middle of the road schools ain’t really gonna be there, it’s already struggling given the cost to attend those schools vs the pay in career fields after. I went to the elite schools and looking at cost and shrinking opportunities for young workers, I’m very pessimistic about what the value of college is and employment prospects for my son will be. I just don’t see things getting better for the average college grad

 

[feelosofer]

College is absolutely essential, more so than ever. I think the smart play will be to go to community college then transfer. Most schools will tell you what transfers or does not transfer.

The more important thing is to commit to in demand fields, STEM, Law, Medicine etc.

 

[horizon]

Black people are not in a position to say we don’t need any artists, economists, historians, philosophers, sociologists, psychologists. We need numbers everywhere in every field, yall have spent entirely too much time on the internet surrounded by either STEMlords or motherfukkers trying to convince you not to pursue higher education. And STEM is a worthy pursuit but to say anything else is pointless is utterly ridiculous.

 

[JT-Money]

Some people need to be denied student loans. Getting an Associate, Bachelors and 2 Masters is just dumb.

 

[Paper Boi]

What!? Stanford has an amazing campus, and we back against the foothills so there’s lots of nature around. 90-95% of students live on campus and you’re guaranteed housing for 4 years so there’s nothing to do with traffic. Now of course it’s not comparable to being coastside, but as for actual campus, you’ll be hard pressed for Stanford to not be amongst the nicest.

ok but compared to the other campuses on the beach, it's not the same.

i am from northern california too. i love it here too. but i'm literally going off the prompt in the tweet.

living in fukking Palo Alto is not like living in Miami respecftully.

 

[Chrishaune]

why would they need to enslave people when they can have subservient robots?

It's all about control for the elite. Robots just keep you from being around the things they think are valuable.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

ok but compared to the other campuses on the beach, it's not the same.

i am from northern california too. i love it here too. but i'm literally going off the prompt in the tweet.

living in fukking Palo Alto is not like living in Miami respecftully.

Miami is trash outside of south beach, so unless the U is on the beach, campus for campus, Stanford is by far one of the best.

 

[Piff Perkins]

Rich people keep sending their kids to college while telling you not to go to college. Brehs don't see what's going on???

If you are able to go to college, go to fukking college and major in something that will get you paid.

 

[Paper Boi]

Miami is trash outside of south beach, so unless the U is on the beach, campus for campus, Stanford is by far one of the best.

homerism bias

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

homerism bias

It’s not - I fukking hate the bay/Cali , just here to be close to family . But Stanford being beautiful is absolutely the reaction people have to its campus. Have you been to Stanford’s campus? Have you been to real Miami - outside of south beach? That place is a hell hole