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One of the things I need to write down my thoughts on at some point is how college in the US is set up to produce Werner von Brauns at an unfathomable scale. The brightest minds of several generations all working to make things Worse because that's where the interesting, profitable work is.
every college degree has only two pathways for careers for example, if you get a degree in psychology, you can 1) help poor and underprivileged people: $30,000/year 2) research new ways to make people gamble even more: $700,000/year