Elitism – IWENAI

The FAANG Halo Is a Lie. Here’s What It’s Really Doing to Tech Culture.

📅 August 19, 2026 📂 Culture & Society

The tech industry preaches meritocracy but practices brand worship. FAANG elitism isn’t just individual arrogance — it’s a corporate retention strategy that weaponizes status. Your badge doesn’t measure your skill. It’s time to stop playing the logo game and judge code, not company names.

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The Liberal Arts Aren’t Dying — They’re Being Killed by Their Own Snobbery

📅 August 1, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

Liberal arts education has become a luxury good for the elite, not because of STEM or YouTube, but because of its own failure to integrate vocational necessity. The real value of critical thinking is being lost to class gatekeeping, and the only way forward is to demand that every degree also teaches marketable skills.

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