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massachusetts institue of technology. richard stallman is from there. most linux utilities were developed there and a lot of open source projects were and are made there!!! is it the best university for linux and open source??

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[–] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I hate them, because university rankings have kind if become a neo-caste system. Ivy League universities are elitist brain-rot. Sure, they house great minds, but the sham that is meritocracy will crumble if everyone in this world had the privilege to start from the same line one the race track.

Just think of it - is advancement of human civilization a dick-measuring contest, or do we prepared folks to be better professionals to excel in the respective field they've chosen?

Well, I am not really sure if you should be celebrating MIT, just because Richard Stallman has graduated from there. That's like saying - we should bomb the fuck out of Harvard for producing graduated that have bought terror in this world through human rights violation of varying degrees?

[–] CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Are universities automatically "elitist brain-rot" when they participate in rankings? When it comes to privilege, yes, rich kids that don't deserve it are accepted into ivy league universities because of the connections they have. This is not a good thing obviously. Most researchers receive the privilege of working there because of their good research done at other universities. That is why they stay on top: a lot of excellent researchers want to join those universities. Obviously MIT has a very good standing when it comes to CS. The dick-measuring contest is but a small part of the university ecosystem. Also, neo-caste system is a quite strong. Most ivy league researchers are probably not rich or powerful. For that you have to look at our "friends" in the C-suite. I understand the sentiment, but I find "hate", "elitist brain-rot" and "neo-caste system" way too strong.

[–] someacnt_@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, in the more technical/scientific departments, people usually have incredible skills to prove their worth.