What Patrick Collison thinks about education

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Co-founder and CEO of Stripe and co-founder of the Arc Institute. Keeps a personal site of reading lists, open questions and notes on scientific progress and how research is funded.

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31 Jul 2026

Our readingDropping out of college is not a trapdoor and the reputational cost is nil: as far as anyone can tell, nobody has ever cared.

Their wordsYou know, I think a lot of parents think that dropping out is very risky and impune your reputation for the rest of your life and so forth. And as far as I can tell, nobody has ever cared.

↗Patrick Collison: Is AI Breaking the Lean Startup Playbook?youtube.com 4th of 20 in this recording