As someone who went to college and thoroughly believes in the value of higher education (even liberal arts), I think this, frankly, is a poor argument. There ar

As someone who went to college and thoroughly believes in the value of higher education (even liberal arts), I think this, frankly, is a poor argument. There are plenty of folks out there who have earned respect and success without setting foot in college. Sure, it's a small subset of the folks who skipped entirely, but that subset still exists and makes itself heard on HN relatively often. Further, it's only a small subset of the folks who went to college that really set the world on fire anyway, with quality blogs, book tours or revolutionary ideas. Most folks who didn't go to college lead relatively trite lives. Most folks who DID go to college lead relatively trite lives. It's like Thoreau said: "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." This guy's just the pot calling the kettle black.