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by dghlsakjg 724 days ago
The rest of my comment mostly agrees with that. I highlighted that there is an overage of people with degrees rather than actual education.

> In any case there have already been tons of math resources available for a while now.

That's great if you have the ability to learn everything from a static resource, and have the time to wait for asynchronous guidance. But what if you just sort of get it, but there is no one that can explain the parts you don't get? I've been to places where the educational standards are low enough that making change from a payment was an impossible task without a calculator. A keen student in that particular village has no one they can easily ask about math when they hit a sticking point.

> Intellectual obesity is a thing - simply knowing more things isn’t inherently useful.

I don't disagree for extreme cases, but creating more resources for people to learn has an incredible payoff, and is almost certainly morally right. Erring on the side of overeducated rarely turns out poorly at the societal, or personal level. Across the world, more highly educated societies tend to be better off across most QOL metrics. I'm well aware that there are anecdotal counterexamples of math PHDs living off of ramen. But there's a damn good reason that brain drain is a concern in many places, and other places favour immigration candidates with higher education.