we should develop and promote a more deliberate practice of discovering passions worth pursuing and problems worth solving in a less haphazard way
Sounds like someone who is tiptoeing right up to the edge of recommending a liberal arts education and then shying away. ;)
I understand the reluctance. If I were back in the time of my own college days, I'd encourage people to go to college and study miscellaneous stuff – and hang around with miscellaneous other people – as a way of broadening their minds. These days, with tuition having grown at huge annual rates for years, and the cost of a four-year degree exceeding the cost of an entire house, it's getting harder and harder for me to do so with a straight face.
I guess one cheap alternative is for us to keep trying to start interesting, miscellaneous conversations on sites like this one.
Sounds like someone who is tiptoeing right up to the edge of recommending a liberal arts education and then shying away. ;)
I understand the reluctance. If I were back in the time of my own college days, I'd encourage people to go to college and study miscellaneous stuff – and hang around with miscellaneous other people – as a way of broadening their minds. These days, with tuition having grown at huge annual rates for years, and the cost of a four-year degree exceeding the cost of an entire house, it's getting harder and harder for me to do so with a straight face.
I guess one cheap alternative is for us to keep trying to start interesting, miscellaneous conversations on sites like this one.