At the start of my undergrad textbook, I have this picture, taken by my wife, which basically says to the reader: Open your mind and enjoy.
I am revising the book, and here is what the DEI editor said about the picture:
@AlexanderGerko Sounds like a clear vocational training / apprenticeship case. But if so many average and above intelligent people are syphoned off to useless degrees because it is so important to have “a degree” than that’s that
@AlexanderGerko Coming from the German system, I never understood what the obsession with university degrees in connection with job qualifications is anyway. Sorry guys, also for most STEM jobs you do not need necessarily a university education.
@BondHack I think it’s political. There is state support involved and so at1 cannot be left untouched (that’s the spirit of the swiss tbtf reg). They can argue that the private sector had to bear losses and not taxpayers