"I feel pretty confident in saying that MOST people who decide to go to college are far more ambitious than those who don't."I would have to (respectfully) disagree with that. Many of the people I went to college with were there only because it was expected of them by their families.The ideal of 'higher education' has been incredibly diluted over the past century. In the first part of the 20th century, the only people who went to college were people who were seeking knowledge. So many people in college today are seeking - to borrow a political mantra -'4 more years' of easy living. In many ways, college is like a final four year vacation for most liberal arts students who will eventually graduate and have to learn a real skill set for a job they don't care about.I think the biggest and strongest argument that is missing from the Hustler's MBA is that people need to be seeking what it is they WANT to do. It amazes me how many people spend all of this money on college only to graduate and still have no clue what they want to do.For what it's worth though, professional degrees, including engineering, science, medicine, and to some extent law, are the exception to all of this and good cases where undergraduate and graduate experiences are good and necessary.

Just picked up my new Nokton 50mm and put it on a GF1. Gorgeous. But I still want more pics from you in San Fran.

This, by the way, may be my favorite line:

"A person defined by his consumption can't ever make a living doing what he likes. His likes are defined by consumption, and no one pays for consumption"

Perfectly stated. I think you would be hard pressed to refute that. Even someone like Roger Ebert, who you might think watched movies for a living, didn't really. He reviewed movies for a living. He created written and recorded documents of his opinions on things.

If they had a dvorak keyboard you could. (I bet it will be in here one of these days)

Certainly not a touch typists dream.

Remember, the power of this technology is not what's in it right now, but what the possibilities are. It's an empty canvas.

I like the productivity aspect of your thoughts, but I have to take a little issue with the technology aspect. Couple of things here:

You were one of the first people I knew to crow about a dedicated e-reader. I totally agree with all of your reasons to like this and I like all of your thoughts on why you picked the e-reader you did.

That being said, this is a device that is purely about consumption. Nothing gets created on this device. But for anyone who truly creates on a regular basis, they almost always consume on a regular basis. As an example, you have probably read more in the past two years than you had in the past ten. This is a result of both a new want/need for unexperienced knowledge and easy access via a single-purpose device.

I had totally forgotten about the guy at Wendy's.

Good times.

This sounds like a very direct extension of the philosophy set forth in 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad',

It seems to me that if you're trying to build a business whose first goal is to create profit, this set of ideas is dead on.

The life that most of us dream about is based around the concept of passive revenue streams, and though it might be a bit more difficult than these writers make it sound, it's probably very sage advice.

Great interview!

FB

First off...I'm glad you didn't vote if you didn't want to vote. I think the fact that you got behind a candidate (Ron Paul) who you believed in shows that you believe in the process.

But I respectfully disagree with your comment that your vote does not matter. Actually, I believe you said...

"...the idea that “your vote counts’” is total garbage..."

Yeah. But can you really hang with the big dogs?

http://www.google.com/search?q=Phil%20Gilbert

Only time will tell.