&gt;  Equally credible alternatives to university education for professions<p>You&#x27;re talking about trade schools? Good. That&#x27;s a step in the right direction. It doesn&#x27;t go far enough though. One unfortunate reality of our existence is that people differ markedly in cognitive skill. These differences are innate and immutable. Not everyone can benefit from an education.<p>If we pitch education as <i>the</i> way to address to inequality, we&#x27;re not only going to waste a lot of money on useless education, but we&#x27;re also going to give these negative-marginal-value people false hope of economic success.<p>We need to figure out an alternate way of living for people who are intellectually incapable of contributing to a modern technologically advanced economy. A basic income is a good start.