First, welcome to HN! As a quick aside, it's generally taboo to sign comments with things like your Twitter handle or personal URL -- feel free to throw them in your profile :).
Re: your comment, you're absolutely right that entrepreneurship is not for everyone, and that many people will benefit more from college than without. However, Thiel doesn't argue that everyone should dropout of college. Rather, he claims that the best and brightest don't necessarily need it, and would be better served with "freedom" from education.
Should we burn down Harvard? Definitely not. But you don't need it to be successful!
Thanks for the advice about signage. Did not know that.
My thoughts towards choosing the best and brightest is that higher education defined it one way (via grades, involvement etc). There is def opportunity to re-define it, but a difficult process none the less.
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First, welcome to HN! As a quick aside, it's generally taboo to sign comments with things like your Twitter handle or personal URL -- feel free to throw them in your profile :).
Re: your comment, you're absolutely right that entrepreneurship is not for everyone, and that many people will benefit more from college than without. However, Thiel doesn't argue that everyone should dropout of college. Rather, he claims that the best and brightest don't necessarily need it, and would be better served with "freedom" from education.
Should we burn down Harvard? Definitely not. But you don't need it to be successful!
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Thanks for the advice about signage. Did not know that.
My thoughts towards choosing the best and brightest is that higher education defined it one way (via grades, involvement etc). There is def opportunity to re-define it, but a difficult process none the less.