I do think that one's overall world views and comments does change how I understand and think about their writing, but it is a little bit directed at the person

I do think that one's overall world views and comments does change how I understand and think about their writing, but it is a little bit directed at the person of course to say that. So a bit of a fair criticism. :-) So what about his ideas - In regards to the article, I think the general direction of his ideas that we should send fewer people to college is wrong. One of many reasons for thinking that is that a lot more jobs will be eliminated by automation and the only way for people to have a chance at a great, productive life with enough money to live on and do the things he describes (live in a safe place, things to do, access to doctors, and most importantly craft beer), will be to have education that allows one to do creative work that is harder to replace with automation. People will have to study things that align with that creative work, and possibly reeducate themselves as they go along in life (like most programmers are constantly doing). Many of those fields he listed that people could do without extra education are likely to be automated away (financial adviser, executive, or a marketing manager).