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[-] geosoco@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

This has arguably always been the case. A century ago, it could take years to get something published and into a book form such that it could be taught, and even then it could take an expert to interpret it to a layperson.

Today, the expert can not only share their research, they can do interviews and make tiktok videos about a topic before their research has been published. If it's valuable, 500 news outlets will write clickbait, and students can do a report on it within a week of it happening.

A decent education isn't about teaching you the specifics of some process or even necessarily the state-of-the-art, it's about teaching you how to learn and adapt. How to deal with people to get things accomplished. How to find and validate resources to learn something. Great professors at research institutions will teach you not only the state-of-the-art, but the opportunities for 10 years into the future because they know what the important questions are.

this post was submitted on 23 Sep 2023
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