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Podcast: R3ciprocity.com - Prof David Maslach: Innovation; Research Life; Striving Towards Happiness
Episode: Why Going Back to School for Something āIrrelevantā Is the Smartest Move Youāll Make
Description: People think going back to school later in life should be about learning something practical or current. But thatās missing the point. The real value of education isnāt in learning whatās trendy or immediately usefulāitās in learning things that seem irrelevant, abstract, and even useless at first.Why? Because thatās what expands your thinking. It forces you to see the world from different perspectives, to engage with ideas you never considered, and to challenge your assumptions. Learning something āirrelevantā isnāt a waste of timeāitās a way to grow, to build...