There is no incentive for an instructor to give a heart grade.

And then once one professor starts taking that easy incentive,

then everybody kind of does it.

The classic tension is the political scientists absolutely assist that they're scientists

just like the physicists.

Yeah.

And the physicist insists, no, absolutely, you're not. Do you have to create a work environment and this is

where the universities go horribly wrong? Well not surprise anybody has been in a

college environment that you have professors who maybe are better at

research than teaching.

And as the student, sometimes you wonder,

you've got the good part of the deal.

It's fully professional sports.

Like there's no hiding it.

You've got some guys getting paid,

you've got a transfer portal and so forth, but not everybody gets paid.

Are all of these degrees and all of these institutions actually generating graduates who can actually command market wages that actually make this entire thing basically economically

and politically viable proposition.

Hello everyone welcome back to the 816Z podcast. This is Steph but as you just heard in our intro, today you'll be hearing from A16Z co-founder, Mark, and Ben.

And you'll get to hear them tackle a hot topic that's been absolutely dominating the news over the past few months.

That is of course the university system.

As Mark states at the top of the episode, universities matter tremendously to our world, but they're also currently in a state of crisis.

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