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And I disagree strongly that the sole value of education, or a human being, is economic.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/is-education-a-waste-...

https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning...




I disagree :)

First link is paywalled, and the second is rather unconvincing, and pales in comparison to Caplan's overly careful argumentation.

I suspect we have different lufe experiences as well. For me most education years were either a waste of time, or at least came with very high opportunity costs.




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