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Re: Is there too much focus on STEM? (Liberal Arts strikes back)

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Originally Posted by pfreivald View Post
Without having first established a metric and a rubric, plus a common understanding for what "most valuable" means, this part of the conversation is doomed to wallow in nominalist drivel.

I'm just sayin'.
One metric that could be looked at is job satisfaction: http://www.time.com/time/2007/america_numbers/job.html

It definitely shouldn't be the only factor for choosing a career, but at least for me, I would call happiness in one's career "valuable." I know that I looked at this list before choosing a college major.
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