(I'm not YC) But, interesting and related to this entire conversation. I forked to the article in the NY Times circa 1996 that you were quoted in (from your pro

(I'm not YC) But, interesting and related to this entire conversation. I forked to the article in the NY Times circa 1996 that you were quoted in (from your profile): http://www.jedberg.net/article.html http://www.jedberg.net/article.html And this in particular, (1996): "Dartmouth, one of the most academically competitive colleges in the country, has long had a reputation for encouraging computer use by students. It now has the new distinction of being one of the most e-mail-intensive, delivering about 250,000 electronic messages a day to 5,000 students and 3,000 faculty and staff members, or more than 30 messages apiece." And, in fact, I spent many hours at Wharton in the late 70's early 80's with a Dec-10 at the computer center and CRT's. Had I been a college dropout of course I would have never had that opportunity which led to so many things (computer only being one thing). I would probably have had the same opportunity (with computers of course) at a public college so cost didn't have to be a factor. The situation of course depends greatly on the individual circumstances of course and there is no question that it is applicable to people beyond the professionals (Doctors etc.) that Thiel seems to acknowledge as having to spend the time and money.