I know this is a technological forum, and that the article proposes that technology will make universities obsolete, but the universities, and in fact all schools are great homogenizers. I reject the notion that people need to become socialized and need to network within a school-like system. This didn't happen two hundred years ago, arguably our nation's hey-day.<p>When we are all Ramblin' Wrecks or Fighting Illini, sure we're easier to market to, and so business people can make their money, but we're also easier to govern, and let's face it, we're too easy to govern right now. Senators are, with few exceptions, elected for life, and most head to D.C. as paupers and leave as kings. We need more individualism and that is why I reject the premise of two of Lipton's arguments: networking and socialization.