Brussels terror attacks

[An_Infinity_of_War]

I'd argue a degree like that is useless in 80% of the world but at least you are going to a close capital of its market; good on you for knowing enough economics on that. You might want to minor in some economics to be able to watch customer trends. Would make you a good annalist for such a market.

Probably should stay in Canada. How many terrorist attacks have they had in the last six months? Can't count how many because its probably 0.

[Inotdead]

Hey I wouldn't go that far as to leave my home country if a guy like Trump would win (in France it would be Le Pen). I would wait a year to see if the situation has degraded drastically or not.
I mean I'm already leaving France anyway but for my pHd not because of political reason ;p.

That sounds perfectly reasonable to me.
First wait and see if it really becomes a living hell after all.

If the degree is useful I'd just leave Europe in general. Avoiding the West in general is a good idea as the prospect of war breaking out in the next fifty years seems evident. Canada might have **** social policies, along with Australia, but they are both unlikely of getting dragged into a home-front war.

Some Jews are actually leaving EU already. A bit spooky.
Can't say I don't understand though.

[An_Infinity_of_War]

Most of them are moving to Israel; those who have money to be specific. Those are the trouble makers. The rest are not. As most of the trouble makers are up in the George Soros league: Few and far between.

[Argentis]

I'd argue a degree like that is useless in 80% of the world but at least you are going to a close capital of its market; good on you for knowing enough economics on that. You might want to minor in some economics to be able to watch customer trends. Would make you a good annalist for such a market.

Probably should stay in Canada. How many terrorist attacks have they had in the last six months? Can't count how many because its probably 0.

I don't think you've understood what my study field is all about. You see how Literature is used to study novels, poetry and such? Well that's pretty much what I do with video games.
To give you some examples on some possible works, my pHd would be on how video games influenced our cultural perception of monsters (how it blends different mythology to make them "mainstream" though we speak of ludoliteracy). I did two Master's thesis on Zombies in Video Games (the role of zombies in video games, what makes them so damn well-fitted to be the generic ennemy, etc.) and another more theoretical on a trend in the field of study which is ludology vs narratology (basically the first people who started studying video games, the narratologists, were only focused on the narrative, plot, characters, symbolism basically studying games as if they were literature while the second group called ludologists came later on to try to break free from that kind of approach and focus on the structure of games, what make a game a game basically).
It's really far from a market-study or even making games. I have almost no knowledge of coding whatsoever, I mainly identify how the game works for the player and what it means whcih could give incentive for people who actually make games to get ideas, understand their medium better and make better, more meaningful games.

[An_Infinity_of_War]

Dear god that is worse than I thought.

What benefit does this do for society? How would this help or effect the economy on any national level at all? Why did you go for the equivalent of a liberal arts degree compared to an advanced trade such as industrial engineering?

[cyko]

What benefit does this do for society?

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/insight

[An_Infinity_of_War]

What benefit does this do for society?

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/insight

benefit

society

[Paradoxyc]

If the degree is useful I'd just leave Europe in general. Avoiding the West in general is a good idea as the prospect of war breaking out in the next fifty years seems evident. Canada might have **** social policies, along with Australia, but they are both unlikely of getting dragged into a home-front war.

I'm actually possibly going to Montreal in Canada for a pHd on Game Studies (basically studying video games through the perspective of human sciences). Hard to find a job in France with that (not really institutionalized) while it's booming in North America with professorship positions opening all over the continent.

If it helps I just got hired for a job teaching Minecraft to kids

[TotalyMeow]

What benefit does this do for society? How would this help or effect the economy on any national level at all?

He might not have much in the way of skills if there's a civil war and the fabric of society breaks down or some such event, but it sounds useful in some places. I like video games. I especially like video games if they're good video games. If he can influence a game to be better, he can get people like me to buy it or not wait for it to go on sale before buying it and that keeps money moving through the economy instead of stuffed under mattresses. I'd say that's a benefit of some kind.

[Reviresco]

I'm currently completing master's degrees in both blacksmithing and beard plaiting.