A commencement speaker at the University of Central Florida was booed, with graduating humanities students yelling out, "AI SUCKS!"
      • njordomir@lemmy.world
        101·
        3 days ago

        Which is why I studied Philosophy. Sure, a degree like that doesn’t tie in to a 150k/yr job at daddy’s company quite like a degree business management might (no shade), but I feel like the skills it gave me are suited to just about everything I do. I’ve spent time in tech, time in the entertainment industry, and time in retail. If anyone is interested in philosophy, I encourage you to pursue it. The way I see it, you have to make your own way in the world anyway you might as well equip yourself with reading, writing, and reasoning skills by pondering age old, potentially unanswerable questions and worry about specializing later.

        Just don’t Socratease your coworkers. HR might not like that!

      • ZDL@lazysoci.al
        82·
        3 days ago

        Someone needs to tell universities this. And students, for that matter.

      • bthest@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        2 days ago

        They’re saying degrees are useless. Not learning. They’re two different things.

        • UniversalBasicJustice@quokk.auEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          Except they are categorically not useless? I’d still be stuck in fuckstick nowhere if they were. So would many others. Thats anecdotal and doesn’t count, though.

          If someone is able to pass enough classes to get a degree without learning anything thats a them problem.

          Now, if one wants to call degrees a poor value proposition?

          Also wrong. Just because the US hasn’t had a coherent fiscal policy since before Reagan and has allowed tuition to skyrocket while milking the students for all they’re worth still doesn’t make the degree useless.

          Learning is not useless. If someone doesn’t learn anything in 4 years and accepts that degree? They’re at fault.

          If the argument is that degrees are useless because they don’t guarantee employment you can find my response at the top of this comment chain.

          WHY DO I HAVE TO CONVINCE PEOPLE HIGHER LEARNING IS AN ADMIRABLE PURSUIT REGARDLESS OF THE JOB PROSPECTS