>“Nothing forces us to funnel students into a tournament that bankrupts the losers and turns the winners into conformists.” So the Bahaus was conformist. Strik

>“Nothing forces us to funnel students into a tournament that bankrupts the losers and turns the winners into conformists.” So the Bahaus was conformist. Strikes me as a myopic opinion of someone that hasn't studied the history of art movements and schools. >“The same kids would probably enjoy a wage premium even if they spent four years in the Peace Corps instead.” “Would probably” is telling of privilege here. Perhaps Mr. Thiel would probably do well to study some post secondary sociology or anthropology? >“But what if higher education is really just the final stage of a competitive tournament?” Curious how many HN people have degrees outside of their career. Was it relevant to your worldview? Is it possible that higher education isn't mired in capitalist competition? >“Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg aren’t famous because of the similar ways in which they left school. We know their names because of what each of them did differently from everybody else.” Seems to me that at least part of the formula here, if he is choosing to cite these people, is to be white and male. Many would do well to skip higher education and perhaps chase that. >“You need to figure it out for yourself.” “One thing about which fish know exactly nothing is water, since they have no anti-environment which would enable them to perceive the element they live in.”