No. Way too many people go to college. They'd be freed from the debt & infantilizing lifestyle and generally would better off if they didn't go to college.

"Everyone should go to college" is like a giant, farcical real-world existential play about the Lake Wobegon fallacy.

And that brings us back to the article - you're left with countless college grads with a near-useless degree who are faced with three choices:

- somehow "rise above the rest" - which, by definition, not everyone can do

- wallow in a career and lifestyle which is unfulfilling and doesn't live up to their expectations (as described in the article)

- suck it up, cut their losses, "settle" for a "lesser" job, and live happily ever after (also see: Mike Rowe's opinion on the subject).

If you're not exceptionally talented, it is a mistake to measure your life and set your expectations to have a successful career.

You can certainly take pleasure in purposeful work (from a non-profit to chopping wood). But don't expect the same praises you might have received in an easy college class.

They should suck it up and focus on something more interesting than work, like making or consuming some creative content, travel, sports, etc.

The 4 hour work week was made for people who can't excel in a career.