Social Justice Warriors Thread

[Martin Hash]

Faternalism always wins; your nephew gets the plum job, it doesn’t make any difference what the competition is. Lucktocracy.

[nmoore63]

You have to be better than an Ivy League degree person to be equal.

??? You can never be "equal" because status is blind to achievement.

I meant within the scope of achievement.

Two equally good financial advisors based on results, but one went to Harvard and the other went to Washington State.
The Washington State one has to be better at financial advising for their financial results of their clients to be equal.

[nmoore63]

I do make an exception for Northwestern and University of Chicago, just from personal experience, but it's likely only a matter of time before those institutions become compromised as well.

Northwestern and Chicago generally maintain their reputation based on the quality of their output.

Its mostly Harvard/Yale/Columbia and those weird liberals arts ones that maintain themselves through sheer class status.

[Martin Hash]

You have to be better than an Ivy League degree person to be equal.

??? You can never be "equal" because status is blind to achievement.

I meant within the scope of achievement.

Two equally good financial advisors based on results, but one went to Harvard and the other went to Washington State.
The Washington State one has to be better at financial advising for their financial results of their clients to be equal.

He would have to be insanely good to overcome the "My financial advisor is from Harvard" brag.

“Associating with status infers status.” - me

[heydaralon]

I do make an exception for Northwestern and University of Chicago, just from personal experience, but it's likely only a matter of time before those institutions become compromised as well.

Northwestern and Chicago generally maintain their reputation based on the quality of their output.

Its mostly Harvard/Yale/Columbia and those weird liberals arts ones that maintain themselves through sheer class status.

I have read a few articles that discussed how Northwestern has been rejecting and fighting the wave of SJW cancer. If that is true, I think that alone makes them the most honest and commendable elite university in the country. They are actually about learning and not pure indoctrination.

[Speaker to Animals]

If you are doing CS-related work, Northwestern grads are good choices. UofC is still mostly pure science. They are deep thinkers over there.

It actually is pretty amazing that they held the line even in Chicago.

[Martin Hash]

If you are doing CS-related work, Northwestern grads are good choices. UofC is still mostly pure science. They are deep thinkers over there.

It actually is pretty amazing that they held the line even in Chicago.

It makes zero difference where you get your degree; all accredited schools have the same requirements. It’s 100% about the student.

But status has nothing to do with accomplishments.

[Speaker to Animals]

If you are doing CS-related work, Northwestern grads are good choices. UofC is still mostly pure science. They are deep thinkers over there.

It actually is pretty amazing that they held the line even in Chicago.

It makes zero difference where you get your degree; all accredited schools have the same requirements. It’s 100% about the student.

But status has nothing to do with accomplishments.

That's a good point.

[heydaralon]

If you are doing CS-related work, Northwestern grads are good choices. UofC is still mostly pure science. They are deep thinkers over there.

It actually is pretty amazing that they held the line even in Chicago.

Their president has spoken out publicly in defense of free speech and defended letting certain controversial people speak. Granted, that is what a university president should be doing, but in this day and age, I commend anyone who talks about this stuff and has something to lose.

[Martin Hash]

If you are doing CS-related work, Northwestern grads are good choices. UofC is still mostly pure science. They are deep thinkers over there.

It actually is pretty amazing that they held the line even in Chicago.

It makes zero difference where you get your degree; all accredited schools have the same requirements. It’s 100% about the student.

But status has nothing to do with accomplishments.

That's a good point.

Licensing is the real measure: "My guy is licensed" beats "My guy is from Harvard."

p.s. Licensing is the real bitch because while the college's incentive is turn out more graduates, gatekeepers are incentivized to keep out new licensees.