[OT] destroy all software (was Programming language WATs)

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Saturday, 21 January 2012 at 04:20:16 UTC, Nick Sabalausky 
wrote:
> The "college == good" brainwashing MUST STOP, period

Aye. What's incredible is I've hard these arguments on
other websites, and a *lot* of people fight it.

Alas, I'm watching this video still, and it gets way too
political as it goes on... even I am tempted to write the
authors off as nutty, and I agree with most the college stuff!

Anyway, I started arguing that college just isn't a good
financial decision for a lot of people. Sure, there's
exceptions, but people need to take a serious look at the
cost/benefit for their specific case and consider all the
other options, including just starting to work immediately.

This argument quickly became a full blown flamewar.

When I was in high school, there was no discussion of
alternatives. When I was asked if I was going to college,
I replied "of course", as if it was a stupid question.
I think this same attitude caused the flamewar.

We're conditioned to see it as not an option with pros
and cons, but as the *only* path that's obviously all good.

Maybe that was true twenty years ago, but it isn't now.

(besides, autodidacts rock.)