society depends much more on social networks, mentorship and tacit knowledge than books. It's easy to test this. Just run the thought experiment by a few people

society depends much more on social networks, mentorship and tacit knowledge than books. It's easy to test this. Just run the thought experiment by a few people, if you could get only one, would you take an Ivy league degree without the education or the education without the degree? Venture capital in tech is a good example of this. The book knowledge is effectively globally distributed and almost free, effectively success happens in a few geographically concentrated counties.