# The case against education: why the education system is a waste of time and money #### 2019 - Bryan Douglas Caplan **Link**: **DOI**: **Links**: **Tags**: **zotLink**: [zot](zotero://select/items/@caplanCaseEducationWhy2019) ###Abstract ``` ``` ### Notes-Highlights [[The Case Against Education]] The road to academic success is paved with the trinity of intelligence, conscientiousness, and conformity.22 The stronger your academic record, the greater employers’ confidence you have the whole package. ([Location 472](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B076ZY8S8J&location=472)) - Tags: [[pink]] [[favorite]] - that education signals more than intelligence. Most of the model’s friends learned this lesson long ago. Kenneth Arrow, as usual, knew it from the start. “Higher Education as a Filter” calls education a signal of ability, and explicitly states that ability depends on “socialization” as well as intelligence.30 Or as Peter Wiles succinctly said one year later, “What employers need is intelligent conformism, or great independence and originality within a narrow range.” ([Location 558](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B076ZY8S8J&location=558)) [[@cooijmansGenius]]