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@monarchist @Palky55 @heretical_i @freepatriot This I think is a telling picture of how worthless degrees are today.

I have 2 out of 5 in my company who do not have degress, yet are highly skilled technologists! If you know how do interview, and if you have a good network, you don't have to rely on the shortcut of "degree" in resumes.

@monarchist @Palky55 @heretical_i @freepatriot For me it was a mixed bag. Some teachers were excellent and I still think about them from time to time, others were garbage. The swedish educational system had already begun to decline when I went to university. But I have a feeling it was only the beginning of the decline. Today I read in the newspaper that student no longer read the course material because they think it is too difficult to handle a book with 500 pages.

@monarchist @Palky55 @heretical_i @freepatriot We must pray for this! I mean logically, society cannot continue on its current path for much longer, because that will eventually spell the end of civilization.

@h4890 @heretical_i @Palky55 @freepatriot

Incorporated into writings about Nihilism:

"Nihilism — which declines to accept the human projection of a shared space of universal, absolute, and objective forms of truths, values, and communications — is an extreme form of realism that accepts human inequality and therefore, understands relativism and esotericism in our understanding."

https://www.amerika.org/politics/misunderstanding-nihilism/

When I say "as a student of English," I mean lifelong. I also spent a fair amount of time in the philosophy department and was fortunate to have some great instructors.

@h4890 @Palky55 @heretical_i @freepatriot

They've wrecked it in the USA to the point where employers are actively looking for candidates who do NOT have college degrees.

@h4890 @Palky55 @heretical_i @freepatriot

I was fortunate in education, but it became clear that the really good stuff we learn of our own initiative. Life is esoteric after all.

@h4890 @Palky55 @heretical_i @freepatriot

He was an optimist who embraced fate. I think he would believe we are ready for a bounce.

@monarchist @Palky55 @heretical_i @freepatriot

How Nietzsche would cry today, seeing how far it was possible for mankind to sink.

@monarchist @Palky55 @heretical_i @freepatriot

Let me add one of my favourite Nietzsche quotes from Human, all too human, part 2, chapter 180:

"TEACHERS IN THE AGE OF BOOKS.—Now that self-education and mutual education
are becoming more widespread, the teacher in his usual form must become
almost unnecessary. Friends eager to learn, who wish to master some branch
of knowledge together, find in our age of books a shorter and more natural
way than “school” and “teachers.”

@monarchist @heretical_i @Palky55 @freepatriot

It's fun how our backgrounds color our language and perception. I studied philosophy at university and technology.

But as always... let me follow that up with another Nietzsche quote:

"There are no facts, just interpretations of facts".

@monarchist @Palky55 @heretical_i @freepatriot Why not split the blame brotherly in a 50/50 fashion? ;)

@monarchist @Palky55 @heretical_i @freepatriot

And by doing that, they are diluting it, leading to worse results for everyone.