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reaperducer ◴[] No.19117552[source]
At first I thought that this might be another good indication that having "Facebook" on your resume isn't the golden egg it once was.

Then I realize it's even better than before because it demonstrates for a potential employer that you'll push whatever buttons you're asked to in exchange for money, regardless of whether it's good for the user, the internet, or society as a whole.

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minikites ◴[] No.19117651[source]
This is why I genuinely believe STEM majors should be required to take more liberal arts (e.g. ethics) classes as a requirement to graduate.
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tqi ◴[] No.19117764[source]
Sure, we could all stand to be more well rounded. Liberal Arts majors should be required to take more science courses so they don't fall for dumb stuff like climate change denial or anti-vax nonsense.
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1. minikites ◴[] No.19118165[source]
>Liberal Arts majors should be required to take more science courses

They are, that's the point of a liberal arts education:

https://college.harvard.edu/what-liberal-arts-education

>In our liberal arts program, students are broadly educated in the social sciences, the natural sciences and the humanities, as well as trained in a particular academic field of specialization called a concentration.

https://admission.princeton.edu/academics/what-does-liberal-...

>By exploring issues, ideas and methods across the humanities and the arts, and the natural and social sciences

https://www.aacu.org/leap/what-is-a-liberal-education

>It provides students with broad knowledge of the wider world (e.g. science, culture, and society)