There's a time and a place for everything. It used to be called college.
Table of Contents
The Big Test
I am continuing to come around to the high-stakes-in-person-exam (or series of such exams) as the only practical solution to AI, also it was probably mostly the right answer already.
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Outline:
(00:16) The Big Test
(01:31) Testing, Testing
(03:44) Legalized Cheating On the Big Test
(06:12) What Happens When You Don't Test For Academics
(07:21) What Happens Without Academic Standards
(09:05) Another Academic Standard Perhaps
(11:07) RIP Columbia Core Curriculum and Also Social Theory
(14:15) College Tuition and Costs
(19:37) Negotiation
(20:45) Skipping College
(23:19) Respect Their Authoritah
(24:25) Men Skipping College
(28:05) Stanford Still Hates Fun
(30:35) Value of College
(31:10) Employment Prospects After College
(35:05) Fixing College
(36:17) Do Not Donate To A College
(38:43) Not Doing The Math
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First published:
August 5th, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/WzN3PFpyBaMeXqeRz/childhood-and-education-13-college
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En liten tjänst av I'm With Friends. Finns även på engelska.