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If the picking of an undergraduate major included the privileges of a hedge fund investment, college could be about studying whichever portfolio succeeds. Realizing this esoteric benefit, many twenty-somethings of this generation have become stem cells[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22Adulthood-t.html?pagewanted=all] and jacks/amateurs of all trades rather than mastering a particular field, especially if that fields' requisites become quickly outdated. A perma-pluripotent cell (polymath) would have more options and abilities to contribute to larger, but ad-hoc projects that accomplish community-defined goals in a shorter amount of time. But the value and enrichment that comes with higher education is still a good reason to complete[http://larrysanger.org/?p=651] it, regardless the major, as long as it's in Liberal Arts & Sciences[https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/The_Elements_of_Style][http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2011/06/06/110606crat_atlarge_menand?currentPage=all][http://larrysanger.org/2011/06/is-there-a-new-geek-anti-intellectualism/][http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/06/08/the-renaissance-man-how-to-become-a-scientist-over-and-over-again/]. If it can be affordable[http://www.pdfernhout.net/the-true-cost-of-Princeton.html] for anyone to be a student for life, there should be little reason to leave it. Google's Summer of Code (GSoC) [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code] and Internationally Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM)[https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/IGEM] and their contributions to GPL software/biology are examples of short-term projects with long-term applications. The question is why similar organizations are not being emphasized to address issues in climate change, bioremediation and accessible sustainable energy. Pink Army[http://pinkarmy.org/] is one such initiative in biomedicine, concerned with treating unique diseases with custom-made pharmaceuticals. | If the picking of an undergraduate major included the privileges of a hedge fund investment, college could be about studying whichever portfolio succeeds. Realizing this esoteric benefit, many twenty-somethings of this generation have become stem cells[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22Adulthood-t.html?pagewanted=all] and jacks/amateurs of all trades rather than mastering a particular field, especially if that fields' requisites become quickly outdated. A perma-pluripotent cell (polymath) would have more options and abilities to contribute to larger, but ad-hoc projects that accomplish community-defined goals in a shorter amount of time. But the value and enrichment that comes with higher education is still a good reason to complete[http://larrysanger.org/?p=651] it, regardless the major, as long as it's in Liberal Arts & Sciences[https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/The_Elements_of_Style][http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2011/06/06/110606crat_atlarge_menand?currentPage=all][http://larrysanger.org/2011/06/is-there-a-new-geek-anti-intellectualism/][http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/06/08/the-renaissance-man-how-to-become-a-scientist-over-and-over-again/]. If it can be affordable[http://www.pdfernhout.net/the-true-cost-of-Princeton.html] for anyone to be a student for life, there should be little reason to leave it. Google's Summer of Code (GSoC) [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code] and Internationally Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM)[https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/IGEM] and their contributions to GPL software/biology are examples of short-term projects with long-term applications. The question is why similar organizations are not being emphasized to address issues in climate change, bioremediation and accessible sustainable energy. Pink Army[http://pinkarmy.org/] is one such initiative in biomedicine, concerned with treating unique diseases with custom-made pharmaceuticals. | ||
Lateral thinking[https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Lateral_thinking] (of memes) and horizontal gene transfer[https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Horizontal_gene_transfer] seem to have a lot in common for the purpose of evolutionary equilibrium[http://arxiv.org/abs/1011.4125] and survival | Lateral thinking[https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Lateral_thinking] [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Colony_collapse_disorder](of memes) and horizontal gene transfer[https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Horizontal_gene_transfer] seem to have a lot in common for the purpose of evolutionary equilibrium[http://arxiv.org/abs/1011.4125] and survival. | ||
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