Here are some related posts I made to that: http://blogs.adventnet.com/svembu/2006/02/23/the-perils-of-credentialism/ http://blogs.adventnet.com/svembu/2006/02/

Here are some related posts I made to that: http://blogs.adventnet.com/svembu/2006/02/23/the-perils-of-credentialism/ http://blogs.adventnet.com/svembu/2006/02/23/the-perils-of-c... And this series may be particularly interesting to Y Combinator hackers. I wonder aloud whether college is really a placebo (note that placebo has real medical value!) http://blogs.adventnet.com/svembu/2005/11/03/college-education-and-the-placebo-effect/ http://blogs.adventnet.com/svembu/2005/11/03/college-educati... http://blogs.adventnet.com/svembu/2005/11/17/college-education-as-placebo-part-2/ http://blogs.adventnet.com/svembu/2005/11/17/college-educati...