The actual fix is a massive economic correction.
Curious about what you think these economic corrections should look like.
Jobs markets are already adjusting, without even an economic blip.
Academia, on the other hand, is facing a massive correction, especially as decreased demand increases prices, further reducing demand in a positive feedback loop that will not end well.
BeetleB•1d ago
The difference is that the kid from the wealthy family does not need to be curious, driven or determined to achieve the outcome.
guzfip•1d ago
Wealthy may not been 100% correlated with well connected, but there’s a lot of overlap. And being well connected is wayyy more useful than any fucking phone or LLM for the presented examples.
When I was a kid my parents were too broke and too busy for us to involve ourselves in extracurricular activities. It wasn’t until the latter half of my senior year of high school I was able to convince them to let me anything of that sort.
I guess with the model at least you guarantee very small class sizes.