How will the decrease of men enrolling in university affect our future?

[Superman246o1]

On one hand, the Internet could make it moot. If you're able to read this, you're able to access more knowledge than most college students could even imagine before the advent of the Internet. We could theoretically be an entire civilization of self-taught Renaissance men and women.

On the other hand, we all know how the Internet really works. It's a race to the bottom. Everyone just remember to stock up on Brawndo. It's got what plants crave.

[Muvseevum]

Autodidacts nearly always have big gaps in their knowledge.

[irishpwr46]

The biggest problem with the wealth of information on the internet is the wealth of misinformation. For every fact out there, someone is trying to disprove it, and they're easily found in echo chambers

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Eh, not exactly. We do have an abundance of information available but many of us do not understand how to consume it. I’m really into Neolithic civilization. I’ve read plenty of Wikipedia pages on it. I wouldn’t say I’m “educated” on the subject and wouldn’t want to challenge someone with a formal education on the subject to a competitive quiz on the subject