Interesting speech and comments that followed the comic.
While I would argue that institutionalized learning can be stifling, dehumanizing, and soul-sucking; it is also the primary way that humans have progressed and made great strides in many areas like science, health, the study of history and sociology (lest we repeat the same mistakes), and even the arts.
We need to realize that not everyone is cut out for college, and we also need to stop looking down our noses at those who do jobs that don’t require degrees. Oftentimes, these jobs provide a far greater benefit to society than many of the jobs commonly held by college graduates. We need to respect all productive, socially-beneficial work, and we need to change the way we compensate people for different types of work, IMHO. Quite frankly, our entire economic system (and the way in which we allocate resources) could really use some significant adjustments.
I think this comic ties in with the article liked by scaredy in the TG thread:
