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 man...I thinking here. My parents could not  conceive the idea of his son not going to the uni. I end up graduating in business and post graduating in corporate finance, M&A and Equity. they were both pretty decent and taught me good lessons. It was not the shit most of them became.  But even looking to the old decent one, I don't give a fuck if my kid goes or not the university. What I care is that he is curious and willing to learn.  
 Kids today don’t need a University to learn.

The same as I didn’t need a music publisher to get the albums I wanted 20 years ago, nor a distribution house to get the movies I wanted 15 years ago. 

The Internet is providing solutions that the old Institutions refuse to adapt to.

Music and Video had to. Education refuses to because they think the credentials they have a monopoly on issuing are still meaningful when in reality some industries are already screening *against* them and more will follow.