Here’s a Real World scenario: Let’s say that you are 22 years old, and you just graduated from college with degrees in Humanities, Applied Ethics and Philosophy. Your parents paid a lot of money to send you to a “good” college.
Now let’s say that your friend dropped out of high school and got a GED. Then he used his own brainpower and mechanical aptitude to learn how to rebuild cars from the chassis up. Especially high-end classic cars. Which one of these dudes do you think is making the most money right now?
The irony is that the one rebuilding classic cars makes so much money at it only because there is a surplus of wealth created by those with advanced degrees.