You understand the underlying reason exactly, as alluded by Branson.

If there's real justice, SpaceX, Twitter, Tesla should be branded "Government funded Media/Company" according to Elon's own logic.

Every last flat earther is trolling so they get a free ride on Musk's or Branson's suborbitals.

Crazy... like a fox...

I think he has dyslexia. It would explain a lot about him. He probably spent his whole life living in shame about his inability to read properly.

Dyslexia doesn't have to be crippling (just look at Sir Richard Branson) but it's important to recognize and deal with the issues rather than let it fester.

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He does have a point. As @braindonut said there isn't an exclusive relationship between having a degree and being educated.

Out of the graduates I've worked with most of their experiences are described in this video. Students follow the orders of the curriculum and end up burnt out and disinterested.

I think a lot of the problem is in school guidance and social attitudes towards what education actually is. Most see and communicate it as a necessary tool to gain employment opportunities. Because of this, students choose their higher education subjects based on job outcomes, so a hell of a lot of students aren't actually interested in their classes.

Then numbers led government set targets for education institutions. When measurements are made into goals they stop being measurements. This leads to curriculums that focus on test outcomes rather than knowledge and skill.

All of the people mentioned in this video that were successful had something else in common apart from the fact that they didn't complete higher education. They pursued their dreams despite their formal education, not because of it, and they all pursued their own education.

Jobs, Wozniak and Gates taught themselves everything about computers. They didn't wait around for anyone to plan out their education.

Beckham trained in football since he could walk.

Richard Branson didn't wait around for a degree, he started selling mail order records from his garage and started learning the business by doing rather than reading.

I could go on.

One thing I find very common with graduates is that when I ask them what projects they've worked on during their education; what projects they started themselves; what they've created and put out there out of their own passion for their industry... 95% have nothing.

I would hire someone who has done their own thing and does not have a degree rather than someone who has 5 masters to their name and has done diddly squat outside of the requirements of their education.

Tommy Shaw is looking more like Richard Branson every day!

Well met! I love religious intolerants!>> ^alien_concept:
Zach is my own personal Jesus, so I do need to point out that you have committed an act of blasphemy and I will be watching you very closely from now on.

>> ^messenger:

IMO not funny, and in my estimation, unoriginal, poorly acted, poorly executed.
I generally downvote for the same reasons as most (something doesn't deserve to be on the Sift), but also when there's a Top 15 sift that I think is particularly undeserving of that position.>> ^alien_concept:
>> ^messenger:
If ant's not downvoting, then I will.

Any particular reason, or?



Zach is my own personal Jesus, so I do need to point out that you have committed an act of blasphemy and I will be watching you very closely from now on.

IMO not funny, and in my estimation, unoriginal, poorly acted, poorly executed.

I generally downvote for the same reasons as most (something doesn't deserve to be on the Sift), but also when there's a Top 15 sift that I think is particularly undeserving of that position.>> ^alien_concept:

>> ^messenger:
If ant's not downvoting, then I will.

Any particular reason, or?

>> ^messenger:

If ant's not downvoting, then I will.


Any particular reason, or?

>> ^alien_concept:

>> ^EvilDeathBee:
Will there be more or was this just a quickie?

There is a whole Between Two Ferns segment before Comedy Central's Comedy Awards on Sunday! This is another teaser http://videosift.com/video/Between-Two-Ferns-With-Richard-Branson


Oh I see. Well any more Between Two Ferns gets my attention

>> ^EvilDeathBee:

Will there be more or was this just a quickie?


There is a whole Between Two Ferns segment before Comedy Central's Comedy Awards on Sunday! This is another teaser http://videosift.com/video/Between-Two-Ferns-With-Richard-Branson

http://blogs.canada.com/2012/03/06/richard-branson-on-c10-drug-laws-its-just-not-the-answer/

>> ^A10anis:

"Deserve" has got nothing to do with anything, We ALL think we deserve more. But I, for one, prefer the rich capitalist to the whingeing, lazy, ignorant sponger who contributes nothing, yet still believes he "deserves" everything. Certainly kerb the excesses of the abusers if it's needed. Certainly, help the needy who want to help themselves, but leave the individual to choose his own path without invasive government intervention. Capitalism per-se is, of course, not perfect but it is the only system i know of which allows free enterprise; A system where an idea can lead to great things (Gates,jobs, Branson, etc, etc, etc.). Alternatives have been, and are still being, tried. They give their people equal amounts of misery, intervention, control, and lack of freedom. If Moore doubts it, let him give away his wealth and go live in a state run country, he could start with North Korea.


The point is Capitalism is only of use to a society if it is heavily held acantable for its actions and made to operate within very tight rules that are set by a democratic socialist government.

"Deserve" has got nothing to do with anything, We ALL think we deserve more. But I, for one, prefer the rich capitalist to the whingeing, lazy, ignorant sponger who contributes nothing, yet still believes he "deserves" everything. Certainly kerb the excesses of the abusers if it's needed. Certainly, help the needy who want to help themselves, but leave the individual to choose his own path without invasive government intervention. Capitalism per-se is, of course, not perfect but it is the only system i know of which allows free enterprise; A system where an idea can lead to great things (Gates,jobs, Branson, etc, etc, etc.). Alternatives have been, and are still being, tried. They give their people equal amounts of misery, intervention, control, and lack of freedom. If Moore doubts it, let him give away his wealth and go live in a state run country, he could start with North Korea.