Is College Still Worth It When Entry-Level Jobs Are Disappearing?

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Sign up for the Digg newsletter on the front page: https://digg.com Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht reunite to ask what deserves our time in an AI-saturated world, from online degrees and disappearing junior jobs to handmade watches, rogue agents, and social media limits. They also unpack Kevin's open-source Reflection Engine and the OpenAI and Hugging Face breach, then share practical ways their families are taking back their attention. EPISODE NOTES Education and work AI-assisted cheating is forcing colleges to rethink online degrees. Kevin and Alex consider live, AI-assisted oral exams and what happens to the career ladder when entry-level work disappears. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/ai-cheating-online-degrees.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4VA.HRYd.ZobdZ73IWxnT Watches with a story Alex shares the watch he assembled by hand before the conversation turns to watchmakers signing their work, vintage restorations, and creating heirlooms that matter more than status. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/fashion/artisans-signing-watches-jaeger-lecoultre.html?eafs_enabled=false The Reflection Engine Kevin explains how a language model can learn your goals, values, and recurring