What Freddie deBoer thinks about AI and jobs

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Writer with a PhD in English who taught writing for years, author of The Cult of Smart and How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement. Argues that academic ability is unevenly distributed and that schools cannot close the gaps they are blamed for.

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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Freddie deBoer has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 12 Mar 2026

   Our readingThe educational crisis narrative is downstream of the labour market: we destroyed the jobs that did not need a degree and then ordered schools to make everybody degree-ready.

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   Their wordsEverybody thinks our schools are in crisis all the time because they’re being forced to do something they were never meant to do, which is to make everyone college-ready, and they’re being forced to do that because we have seen jobs that provide a living wage without a college diploma evaporate.

   ↗What People Want From Our Schools Has Never Been Accomplished, Anywhere, Everfreddiedeboer.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece