This article doesn't really express the death of the autodidact, but rather than the rejection of the autodidact in Silicon Valley enterprises. I've seen in th

This article doesn't really express the death of the autodidact, but rather than the rejection of the autodidact in Silicon Valley enterprises. I've seen in this article no references to statistics showing that there are less autodidactic learning now than earlier. I've not seen either references to statistics showing that there were fewer autodidacts amongst startup entrepreneurs. I would rather think that with the development of the Internet, of MOOCs, youtube channels dedicated to teaching, and the mere availability of books from the Internet, there is nowadays more autodidactic learning than ever. For make no mistake, learning anything from a MOOC is really autodidactic: the requirements to pass the MOOC exams are usually minimum, if you want to learn something, you will have to do your own study well beyond what is required to get the little certificate.