But it's not a list of college dropouts either... And listing Jane Austen is odd - how would she have been able to, and why would one assume she wouldn't have

But it's not a list of college dropouts either... And listing Jane Austen is odd - how would she have been able to, and why would one assume she wouldn't have benefitted? Why not list other people who weren't white males and didn't go to college in the 1700s? I mean, it obviously wouldn't feel right in support of the thesis, but why did these lists seem to make sense to the author? Edit: I was thinking maybe this is some sort of parody or satire or gotcha, and then I decided to check out the main page and I read: "We helped launch and run the Thiel Fellowship, working alongside Peter Thiel to identify and work with young founders building new technology" Which instantly repositioned the theses as validation in my mind of the general dislike of him that some people have. He may not be directly responsible, but I can't help feeling that if this is the sort of people who like him...