With a college education, you are paying for someone to curate content, present it in a way that builds on itself, and provide a reasonable amount of depth and

With a college education, you are paying for someone to curate content, present it in a way that builds on itself, and provide a reasonable amount of depth and breadth of knowledge. Maybe some of this is solved with modern online courses, but the sheer amount of noise seems high. Free books aren't free -- they cost dozens of hours of your time. It's very easy to become discouraged or paralyzed by choice.