Is it rational for a person with tight resources and bottom-tier executive function to pursue tertiary education before employment? If not, is it appropriate to try to nudge them to reconsider? Is What Bad Students Know that Good Economists Don't a good summary of the issue to share; or is there a better, more up-to-date one? Or would trying to meta-educate them just be toxic “other-optimizing”, and it's better to just support their decision and encourage them to study hard?
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Is it rational for a person with tight resources and bottom-tier executive function to pursue tertiary education before employment? If not, is it appropriate to try to nudge them to reconsider? Is What Bad Students Know that Good Economists Don't a good summary of the issue to share; or is there a better, more up-to-date one? Or would trying to meta-educate them just be toxic “other-optimizing”, and it's better to just support their decision and encourage them to study hard?
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