[NeverEnough]

education is still really valuable, if one chooses the right field.

Employment rates and salaries for geologists, metallurgical engineers, pharmacists, one can go from poverty to well off in the span of a single generation with the right college degree.

That isn't to say there is no problem. I doubt that history will look at this disparity kindly. Perhaps better education about education, and what options and powers are available to us in general, would be wise.