Agreed -- the fallacy pushed out into society that higher education is the only path to success is absolutely absurd. Even moderate domain expertise in most fi

Agreed -- the fallacy pushed out into society that higher education is the only path to success is absolutely absurd. Even moderate domain expertise in most fields will trump the copious amount of useless information floating around in textbooks today. Traditional academia has already begun to erode over the past few years, but I'll be happy when society finally wakes up and recognizes that empty credentials shouldn't always serve as the absolute indication of future success or achievements.