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> "education" is a euphemism synonymous with college

Peter Thiel has described at length this kind of error

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLJIpBexKhQ

It has always impressed me how doctrinal higher education as a terminal goal has become for the middle class. I personally believe it is utterly worthless for 9/10 of the people going to college right now. The students would be better off doing almost anything else.

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Until you need to get a job and a bachelor's degree is required simply as a method to exclude candidates.

Right. Even then most corporations think a BA is a shitty filter, before much longer they'll decide to educate bright 16 year olds on their own terms and selection process. Certainly that is what I'd do if I wanted to increase loyalty and employee retention.

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