The problem with The Big Questions is that they are easily answered. Nothing means anything and we're just monkeys climbing the Maslow Pyramid. The rest is commentary.
So indeed - when it comes to studies, keep an eye on monetization but also just study what you love.
That said, this is pretty far from Matt's point, which was that universities going woke was going to end up like Hollywood doing so i.e. going broke. And that, if you wanted to reverse society's hostility to academic funding, it would be useful for universities to make themselves more palatable to a broader range of the public.
The problem with The Big Questions is that they are easily answered. Nothing means anything and we're just monkeys climbing the Maslow Pyramid. The rest is commentary.
So indeed - when it comes to studies, keep an eye on monetization but also just study what you love.
That said, this is pretty far from Matt's point, which was that universities going woke was going to end up like Hollywood doing so i.e. going broke. And that, if you wanted to reverse society's hostility to academic funding, it would be useful for universities to make themselves more palatable to a broader range of the public.