Surprised? Two years ago nobody would have called this.
Per the Economist, citing the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, American philosophy graduates are now more likely to hold a job than the computer science crowd. In 2024, the latest year available, 7% of computer science graduates were unemployed. For philosophers, 5.1%.
Is this really a shock when you sit with it? Probably not. Look at what AI has done to code generation. The scarce input stops being technical, how to code a given problem or hold base domain knowledge, and becomes thinking itself. General intelligence. The ability to ask the right question.
By that I mean: how to frame a problem, how to structure it, how to reason from first principles, how to use conceptual models to see the immediate consequences, the long term consequences, and the trade-offs you cannot dodge. All of it resting on solid ground drawn from ethics, deontology, moral reasoning, and legal principle.
Put that way, it comes as no surprise that philosophy majors are best equipped for the work.
We are coming full circle. I cannot say I am shocked. I’m really pleased.
Economist link: [link to article]
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