I listened to Stephen West, the host of the Philosophize This! Podcast on The Tim Ferris Show.

It's one of my favorite non-bitcoin pods. Turns out, he's a high school dropout who worked at a warehouse while listening to audiobooks. I did go to college, but I also worked at a warehouse while listening to audiobooks and podcasts. The education I recieved working at a warehouse was more valuable to me than my actual college degree.

College is necessary if you want to be a teacher, doctor, or lawyer replaced by an LLM, but becoming a debt slave for a philosphy degree is a big mistake nowadays. I still believe philosophy is valuable and more important than most people think; but you can learn what you need by stacking boxes while stacking sats.

You just need a MOOC and a reading list.