Re:Y Combinator Cuts Ties with Peter Thiel After Ending Part...
by AnimalMuppet on Friday November 17, 2017 @06:17PM
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> He's of the opinion that university is a waste of time and has gone so far as paying people to drop out.
IIRC, he was paying people to run with their startup idea rather than wait until after they finished college. It was far different than just paying random students to drop out.
> Democracy only works if you have an educated public that values critical thinking.
That doesn't mean that the university is good. Do the universities really teach people to value critical thinking? Or do they teach them to value thinking that supports the currently prevailing viewpoint? Too often, it's the latter.
Note well: I'm not a Thiel fan or supporter. What he did to Gawker was both dirty and hypocritical.
IIRC, he was paying people to run with their startup idea rather than wait until after they finished college. It was far different than just paying random students to drop out.
> Democracy only works if you have an educated public that values critical thinking.
That doesn't mean that the university is good. Do the universities really teach people to value critical thinking? Or do they teach them to value thinking that supports the currently prevailing viewpoint? Too often, it's the latter.
Note well: I'm not a Thiel fan or supporter. What he did to Gawker was both dirty and hypocritical.