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I couldn’t make it all the way though the article. Its reasoning is baffling, confused and unsubstantiated, all while demonstrating very little understanding of
by hrbf 4y ago
I couldn’t make it all the way though the article. Its reasoning is baffling, confused and unsubstantiated, all while demonstrating very little understanding of the environment they’re criticizing. It betrays a very exclusive and elitist view of education.
If you build a society of elitist institutions, you will get elites. Not only that: if isolated, they will think of themselves as better than most, exceptional in fact. With exceptionality come the exceptions one carves out for oneself and a dismissive view of the common rabble.
Of course talented individuals should be fostered. But presenting a US-style university approach as laudable and somehow missing is irresponsible and short-sighted.
As another commenter wrote, Germany’s education system has plenty of issues but that’s not one of it.
- BlargMcLarg 4y ago>If you build a society of elitist institutions, you will get elites. You get elitists. Not necessarily elites. Subtle difference.
- hrbf 4y agoAgreed, good distinction.
- probably_wrong 4y agoI also had a tough time trying to understand what the author was trying to say. My best guess is that he's hardcore into "effective altruism" (based on the rest of his website) and is trying to use this particular hammer with every nail. Most doctors I know got into the profession because they wanted to cure people. They don't care that this is not optimal from a theoretical point of view, and they most certainly didn't do it to "prove themselves". And once you start with a wrong thesis, all bets are off. If the author really wants to solve the health sector problems in Germany he should instead try to figure out why I need to book an appointments months before I get sick. Unfortunately fixing bureaucracy is not as sexy as creating Euro Harvard.
- hef19898 4y agoOr why rural areas are losing GPs left and right. Or how health insurance is screwing with diagnosis, or a myriad of other things. But as you said, those things are simply not sexy.