I like that theory of Vassar’s because it fits my personal experience.
I was raised in an extremely religious household which caused me to miss out on advanced education. The internet has alleviated that to a degree, but the credentialed part certainly hasn’t been alleviated. By the time I “woke up” from the indoctrination of being raised in such a religious household, I was already approaching 30 years old and relatively unwealthy while at the same time being stuck with the work skills I was taught while growing up...that is construction and remodeling of homes. While I have made the best of that by being self-employed, it certainly has kept me from doing what I really would like to do when I “grow up”.
The internet has really been a boon for me as I self educated in software development and am slowly working to transition over to making my living from doing that. That’s closer to what I would rather do, but I doubt I’ll ever be able to get to the point where I can do what I really would love (research in any of the scientific fields I’m interested in...CS/medicine/AI/physics). At times this can be quite depressing and it feels like the person I was, was wasted.
However, all this makes me more of a fan of cryonics. Second chances and all that.
I like that theory of Vassar’s because it fits my personal experience.
I was raised in an extremely religious household which caused me to miss out on advanced education. The internet has alleviated that to a degree, but the credentialed part certainly hasn’t been alleviated. By the time I “woke up” from the indoctrination of being raised in such a religious household, I was already approaching 30 years old and relatively unwealthy while at the same time being stuck with the work skills I was taught while growing up...that is construction and remodeling of homes. While I have made the best of that by being self-employed, it certainly has kept me from doing what I really would like to do when I “grow up”.
The internet has really been a boon for me as I self educated in software development and am slowly working to transition over to making my living from doing that. That’s closer to what I would rather do, but I doubt I’ll ever be able to get to the point where I can do what I really would love (research in any of the scientific fields I’m interested in...CS/medicine/AI/physics). At times this can be quite depressing and it feels like the person I was, was wasted.
However, all this makes me more of a fan of cryonics. Second chances and all that.