As a recent graduate, this obviously drew my eyeballs.
A lot of the author's criticisms of college are fair, and I agree with them. But this author, like so many others, takes a few flaws and ruins something that's beneficial overall.
College taught me a lot. It may not all have been practically useful, but we know through science -- science that exists only because institutions of higher education exist -- that the type of thinking one does in college builds your brain.
But even beyond that perhaps holistic view -- a view know-it-all young entrepreneurs like this guy probably reject -- in practical terms it's overwhelmingly difficult for an overwhelming majority of young people to get a decent job without a degree. The author says we don't have a choice between Zuckerbergdom and low-wage drudgery, and he's technically right.
But only for a very few people.
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