Credentialism

You’re Paying $200,000 for Free Knowledge. The MBA System is a Scam.

📅 July 24, 2026 📂 Tech Industry

The exorbitant cost of a traditional MBA stands in stark contradiction to the fact that its foundational content is freely available. This exposes a brutal truth: you aren’t paying for education, you’re paying for a signal of trust and conformity. A free online MBA won’t replace the elite credential, but it forces us to choose between buying a badge to open doors and acquiring actual knowledge for free.

Academia Affordability Credentialism Open Source Self-Directed Learning Signaling Trust

You Can Now Guess Your Way Into College. That’s Not a Bug — It’s a Warning.

📅 July 14, 2026 📂 China Watch

In Northeast China, college admission scores have fallen so low that you can literally guess your way in — not because degrees lost value, but because universities now have more seats than students. The real story isn’t degree depreciation. It’s demographic collapse meeting institutional overbuilding. And the rest of the world is next.

Academia China Credentialism Demographics Higher Education Institutional Collapse