An American liberal arts education is about way more than acquiring particular technical skills; it's about learning how to analyze a space of competing claims and discovering novel ways of combining them to produce insight. In English courses we would sit around and discuss the various ethnic and historical factors that led to particular narratives. We wouldn't just derive mathematical functions in college, we would derive ideas themselves, and then analyze how we came to derive those. I guarantee that these are the same kinds of conversations that lead to truly revolutionary technological ideas and spawn countless brilliant business decisions.
Sure, one can learn how to solve various technical problems on ones own, but where will one get the skills to actually define problems in the first place? (hint: you can't get it by watching lecture videos, not totally)
Sure, one can learn how to solve various technical problems on ones own, but where will one get the skills to actually define problems in the first place? (hint: you can't get it by watching lecture videos, not totally)