So according to this author, if other people write about the pragmatic problems with getting a PhD, those articles are worthless... but he comes to the same conclusions for different (cultural) reasons, and we should listen to him?<p>Everybody has different goals. If your goal is simply to maximize your income, you will have a different decision making process than someone who is pursuing their interests, which will also be different than someone who is pursuing a job to pay bills, while keeping time for other interests outside of work.<p>Any articles written that make presumptions about your goals are going to miss the mark.