willow: "That’s a bit unfair bc I love philos + political econ, and I appreciate having the space provided by those majors to cultivate my evaluations of the Anglo/analytical/neoclassical/etc versions of the disciplines as worthless. Wonder where I’d be if I attended a better uni"

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willowOct 3, 2023

I’d be so much happier if I got a CS degree instead of one of my humanities trash ones. Coding is cozy and people are shit. It’s not even like “oh no I’d be sacrificing my passion for a paycheck”. The subject is just infinitely more compelling than reheated progressive liberal drivel, idc abt $.

willow @dreary.dev

That’s a bit unfair bc I love philos + political econ, and I appreciate having the space provided by those majors to cultivate my evaluations of the Anglo/analytical/neoclassical/etc versions of the disciplines as worthless. Wonder where I’d be if I attended a better uni

October 3, 2023 at 5:10 PM

willowOct 3, 2023

My dissatisfaction led to me find cooler stuff, just unfortunate that it undermined everything I was doing for 4 years. But honestly thinking about this counterfactually, it would have been a nightmare. I came into college w shit politics, personality, worldview, etc. without reflection I would

willowOct 3, 2023

Have kept those around. Ironically I might have been literally happier without the new knowledge I acquired, but in an unfulfilling way that would be a character defect

willowOct 3, 2023