badgenome on 16 August 2011
| Mr Khan said: ugh. As if these "libertarian" islands would be at all sustainable if not for the efforts of countless institutions in real societies. It's an exercise in arrogance And this guy's putting in funding for people to skip college? I just downright dislike him |
Sort of. He gave a bunch of wunderkinds $100,000 each to pursue their various goals for two years rather than going to college. I tend to agree with Thiel that higher education is the next big bubble. I spent all morning going over applications for a $10/hour position, and it's pretty shocking how overeducated some of these people are only to have spent their lives drifting in and out of the work force.
I totally agree with you about this seasteading nonsense, though. But I really hope Patri pulls it off because it will be hilarious to watch it fall apart.
