Originally Posted by indigo
Has anyone seen the September 2013 issue of Popular Mechanics? There is an article on pages 65-72 titled "Hacking Your Education".

I found the same article posted online at http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/education-2-0-fixing-the-broken-higher-ed-system-15805613

An interesting resource mentioned was Y Combinator (which reminded me somewhat of the Thiel Fellowship). I found Y Combinator online at http://ycombinator.com/

Has anyone else read this? Anyone participated? What are your thoughts?
I think the essays of Paul Graham http://paulgraham.com/articles.html , one of the founders of Y Combinator, are very interesting.

Y Combinator gives start-up founders, in return for an equity stake,
(1) a small stipend
(2) advice, and
(3) introductions

My eldest son likes to program. I have wondered if at age 17 I should give him the choice of $240K for college or $240K to spend as he sees fit, perhaps to work on a start-up idea. I can't provide (2) and (3) of Y Combinator's services, but I can do (1). The Tiger Mother will probably nix this idea.