Given the widely documented increases in the cost of a US college education at rates far greater than inflation, it's easy to dispute your claim that getting ed

Given the widely documented increases in the cost of a US college education at rates far greater than inflation, it's easy to dispute your claim that getting educated has never been easier. Paying off historically unprecedented student debts for recent US graduates also disproves your claim that it's never been easier to invest. Of course it's possible that you weren't talking about formal education but, like it or not, credentials matter and employers are still more impressed by degrees from recognized institutions than they are by the fact that you've read a few Wikipedia articles.