Essays
The era of being a part of someone else's machine is finally over. It is time to build your own.
I spent years trying to fix education from the inside. I built tools, I talked to deans, and I tried to find the "hero teachers" who could change things. But the system has an immune system. Every time you introduce a new idea, the institution finds a way to turn it into a standa...more
The degree is a lagging indicator of compliance. The artifact is a leading indicator of agency.
We are witnessing the largest destruction of human capital in history. The four year degree has become a $200,000 receipt for a map of a world that no longer exists. For a century, the degree served as the ultimate Signal. It was a way for a student to tell a company that they co...more