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Re:Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not by BoiledCabbage on Saturday September 21, 2019 @03:27PM (#21037356)
> Do you think the same society that did those things couldn't have invented the Internet and Facebook?

Society didn't invent those things. People with the education conveyed from a college degree did. As was almost every notable invention and discovery of the past 80 years.

This is not controversial.

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Re:Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not by elliekelly on Saturday September 21, 2019 @03:55PM (#21037534)
> > Do you think the same society that did those things couldn't have invented the Internet and Facebook?

> Society didn't invent those things. People with the education conveyed from a college degree did.

But Zuckerberg famously doesn't have a college degree so that can't possibly be the case...

And off the top of my head I'd also call the Apple computer and MS-DOS "notable" but that's just my personal (and apparently controversial) opinion.

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Re:Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not by rayiner on Saturday September 21, 2019 @10:09PM (#21039197)
Sure. The question. Is what is the benefit of sending the other 95% of people to college? Those people were certainly educated enough to operate the economy that underpinned and made those achievements possible.
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