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Perhaps, but regarding the first 2... 1. Top graduate schools for Olin grads (in order): MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, UC-Berkeley, Cornell. It doesn't seem like people …

> Nothing I learned in college has helped me to the place where I am. :( That's too bad, I hope they change something. Certainly some people will never benefit from organized learn…

I don't agree, I think it's more likely than not that a school specifically designed to foster a particular type of thinking is at least somewhat more effective at it than others. …

Amusingly, I'm an Olin grad with a profitable lifestyle business that I started, so I wasn't included in this stat. I wholeheartedly agree with you on goals and values. Fortunately…

It depends which conclusion is being questioned. arcticfox is probably referring to the title conclusion "Olin College Produces Founders at Five Time the Rate of Stanford" not bein…

It depends what the conclusion in question is, whether selection bias is a factor. Does Olin produce / graduate founders at ~5 times the rate of Stanford? Yes - no bias. Is the eff…

I really like the Hyperion Cantos - the Ousters make exactly that decision, to forego terraforming in favor of self-modification. Naturally, the natural humans vilify and hunt them…