E28: Katherine Boyle and Mike Solana on Liberal Arts Debate, Tech Culture, and Saving San Francisco

Katherine Boyle and Mike Solana join Erik, Dan, and Antonio to discuss whether a liberal arts degree is worth it and how to save San Francisco.

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) Episode Preview

(04:30) Recapping the first Moment of Zen fight

(07:00) Is a Liberal Arts degree worth it?

(010:30) The siren song of The Social Network

(14:00) Finance vs Tech in the 2010s

(15:35) Sponsor: Secureframe

(16:40) 4 out of the 5 people on this episode got a liberal arts degree

(21:00) Are elite schools still worth it? Are middle tier colleges worth it?

(29:00) Are CS degrees necessary?

(31:00) Zero sum: college vs vocational school

(42:00) Mike Solana’s political future in San Francisco

(44:45) How tech failed SF

(46:40) How to talk about drug dealers, drug addicts, and recreational drug use

(51:30) Wealth in SF, geographically

(1:01:00) Housing

(1:0400) Fentanyl will be a key issue in the upcoming election

(1:08:00) Dangerous memes, aspirations, and not accepting market realities

LINKS:

Season of the Witch by David Talbot: https://www.amazon.com/Season-Witch-Enchantment-Terror-Deliverance/dp/1439108242

Base Reality by Mike Solana: https://www.piratewires.com/p/base-reality-an-interview-with-grimes-6b3

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