#36 - The highs and lows of higher education

Published: Oct. 21, 2019, 2:55 a.m.

Curtis & Jordan take a walk into the wading pool of higher education, its cost, the problems we see, the benefits we see, some hypothetical solutions, and of course we laughed at some shower thoughts too!

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Links discussed in episode:

School stats link

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Bennett hypothesis

A Look at the Shocking Student Loan Debt Statistics for 2019

This 'Invisibility Cloak' Technology Is Mind-Boggling

TIL 71% of U.S. youth would not cur

TIL that "Inemuri", in Japan the practice of napping in public, may occur in work, meetings or classes. Sleeping at work is considered a sign of dedication to the job, such that one has stayed up late doing work or worked to the point of complete exhaustion, and may therefore be excusable.

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TIL an elevator with 6 people fell 84 floors in a Chicago skyscraper in 2018. All survived.

They have a 99% tip suggested

TIL that braille was originally invented by the French Army out of necessity after soldiers were being killed because they used lamps after dark to read combat messages. Soon after, Louis Braille, an eleven year old blind boy simplified it into what we use today.

TIL that Nathan "Nearest" Green, a slave, taught Jack Daniel how to brew whiskey. He became Daniel's Master Distiller, and is now known as "The Godfather of Tennessee Whiskey." His son George also became a Master Distiller and some of his descendants STILL work for Jack Daniel's Whiskey to this day.

Shower Thoughts

If water hydrates you and saltwater dehydrates you, there must be some critical water:salt ratio where you neither gain or lose hydration

The most unrealistic part about harry Potter is he has an invisibility cloak and he uses it for reading books.

How creepy would it be if a baby was born laughing instead of crying.

It's possible that the world's first time traveler has already died but has not yet been born.

No one in all of recorded Pizza History has ever confused DiGiorno with delivery.

The only thing stopping you from dying in a high speed crash is a painted white line and a mutual agreement to not play bumper cars.

We always say that our society will never be controlled by robots but robots are already deciding when you are allowed to cross the road and when you aren’t.

Muffled is the hearing version of blurry

reading “POISONOUS SURFACE” in braille must be very unsettling