Maybe another way of looking at it: most Americans now get the university experience, something you note used to be reserved for social mixing of wealthy famili

Maybe another way of looking at it: most Americans now get the university experience, something you note used to be reserved for social mixing of wealthy families. In other words: the masses are now experiencing a quality of life only the wealthy once had. Instead of seeing this a problem, I see it as the tip of the iceberg. What is the college lifestyle? It's essentially the dream: do what you want, don't worry because everything is taken care of for the most part. It's like socialism: the good and the bad. You don't have to work very hard and there's little payoff for being the hardest worker. But at the same time, there's plenty of experimentation, outside the box thinking: everything is questioned. Many of us suggest that machines do more and more of the heavy lifting, as humans are allowed to be the 'artists' (or whatever you want to call it) that they want to be... We hear this a lot: that we're on this kind of a trend and it'll continue until we need to make major political changes (a la distribution of wealth and ownership of production) to ensure harmonious society is possible. Well: I suggest that we're already part-way here. It's just that most of us experience this for only 4 years...or roughly 8% of our adult lives. I suggest that this 8% will only grow and our societies will need to change, politically, in order to let this happen. There are the credential-obsessed individuals on college campuses, but they're actually a small minority. Most are just living the life of freedom for a few years before learning what work is like. Wouldn't you go back and live college over again if you could now? awesome!