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Re:More than half the Thiel Fellows plan on returning to school by fredgrott on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @09:55PM (#8007720)
seems to me you misunderstand Thiel's thesis

might I suggest you re-read the MIT class startup notes..you might find some of your assumptions changing

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Re:More than half the Thiel Fellows plan on returning to school by nmrm on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @10:07PM (#8007743)
> seems to me you misunderstand Thiel's thesis

Frankly, I don't give a damn.

What matters to me is that kids make decisions about their lives for the right reasons and with all the available information. And I like to think that Thiel, on an individual basis, wants the exact same thing. Which is why, I imagine at least, he's perfectly okay with these fellows returning to university.

But I think Thiel's (and other's) "don't need college" PR is unproductive in this respect. The nuance of the actual positions is irrelevant when that's not what is (very intentionally) communicated.

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