There's a reason the collective respects education, man. You are objectively wrong. If you go to a 4 year college for anything that isn't hands on like medicine, you are retarded. Like I said, you can get a BS in 6 months if you want to. You can get a MS in a year. For under $50,000! In what world is a degree that makes you qualified for a 90k-200k salary job not worth it? Going to a traditional school with a big traditional loan is retarded, I'm with you on that. But the big schools will change to compete with the newer online school. In 25 years, anyone will be accepted into a Harvard, MIT, etc programs, which will be subscription based, performance based, and accredited. This is the Age of Information. I just know that I won't let uneducated people be in charge of production or people in my future companies. I've seen first hand what people who have never set foot in a business management class can do to a company. They have no idea how to communicate effectively as supervisors; they're the most expensive liabilities. Why play the lottery and try to find the super genius self taught guy when I can just hire a hard working college certified man with a much higher chance of retention? Be serious. Mind you, the vast majority of Americans make under $50k a year. You need $80k to live and save in a city.