"Breaking: Harvard Business School replaces MBA curriculum with meme creation and Discord management courses."
In a move that has left Wall Street recruiters weeping into their Hermès ties and crypto bros frantically applying to grad school, Harvard Business School has announced a complete overhaul of its MBA program. The new curriculum focuses exclusively on meme creation, Discord management, and advanced shitposting techniques.
"We've finally admitted what we've all known for years," declared HBS Dean Srikant Datar, sporting a fresh "stonks only go up" tattoo. "The future of business isn't in spreadsheets or case studies. It's in dank memes and being able to manage a Discord server without having a mental breakdown."
The revamped program includes groundbreaking courses such as:
- "Pepe the Frog: A Case Study in Memetic Marketing"
- "Advanced HODLing: Diamond Hands in Theory and Practice"
- "Emoji Economics: When One Rocket Just Isn't Enough"
- "Wen Moon?: Temporal Dynamics in the Age of Crypto"
Gone are traditional subjects like accounting and finance. Instead, students will be graded on their ability to create viral content and successfully moderate a channel of anonymous degens without resorting to day drinking.
"We're preparing our students for the real world," explained Professor Chad Memesworth III. "In today's economy, knowing how to calculate NPV is useless. But being able to drop the perfect 'Sir, this is a Wendy's' at just the right moment? That's priceless."
The business world's reaction has been mixed. Some Fortune 500 companies have already updated their job requirements to include "minimum 100k karma on r/wallstreetbets." Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs has announced plans to replace its entire HR department with a team of Twitch moderators.
Not everyone is on board with the changes. "This is preposterous," sputtered one crusty old alum, who was immediately "OK Boomer'd" by a group of passing students. "How will they learn to maximize shareholder value?" A nearby Gen Z student helpfully explained, "It's all about community value now, grandpa. Catch up or ngmi."
As part of the new program, Harvard has replaced its traditional graduation ceremony with an "IPO" where students mint their degrees as NFTs. "It's like a diploma, but with the added thrill of potentially going to zero," beamed one soon-to-be graduate.
The Meme Street Jounral's education correspondent (a sentient Ronald McDonald JPEG that somehow got tenure) notes that while the new curriculum may seem revolutionary, students should still be prepared for the age-old Harvard tradition of crippling student debt.