The Man Who Couldn't Stop Going To College

[Anonymous]

Benjamin Bolger, a college-admissions consultant charging $100K/client, has 14 advanced degrees. In this profile, NYT writer Joseph Bernstein (not to be confused with NYT writer Jacob Bernstein) offers a proposition: "No one more fully embodies the nature of elite American higher education today."

[Anonymous]

link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/magazine/benjamin-bolger-college-harvard-yale.html

[Anonymous]

The guy has some issues. OCD? Kinda sad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The guy has some issues. OCD? Kinda sad

He's clearly autistic, and clearly loves his life, PP. It's not sad at all, quite the opposite! My husband and son are on the spectrum, and follow their passions in life because they literally cannot be functional otherwise. They are very driven. My husband is a research scientist, with an MD and a PhD. He cannot envision himself doing anything else. My son is in college pursuing his topic of interest, one he's had since he was little. There is no room in their lives for doubts or social second-guessing. They know what they want and they go and get it.

These people absolutely do not care what you think of them. They're happy doing their thing.

[Anonymous]

Alternate headline: Man develops creative way to defer his student loans: Stay in college.

Yes, yes, I know he has a job but that’s the first thing I thought of when I saw the article.

And really? $1.5 million for five years of Ivy Coach?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The guy has some issues. OCD? Kinda sad

He's clearly autistic, and clearly loves his life, PP. It's not sad at all, quite the opposite! My husband and son are on the spectrum, and follow their passions in life because they literally cannot be functional otherwise. They are very driven. My husband is a research scientist, with an MD and a PhD. He cannot envision himself doing anything else. My son is in college pursuing his topic of interest, one he's had since he was little. There is no room in their lives for doubts or social second-guessing. They know what they want and they go and get it.

These people absolutely do not care what you think of them. They're happy doing their thing.

I love this!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The guy has some issues. OCD? Kinda sad

He's clearly autistic, and clearly loves his life, PP. It's not sad at all, quite the opposite! My husband and son are on the spectrum, and follow their passions in life because they literally cannot be functional otherwise. They are very driven. My husband is a research scientist, with an MD and a PhD. He cannot envision himself doing anything else. My son is in college pursuing his topic of interest, one he's had since he was little. There is no room in their lives for doubts or social second-guessing. They know what they want and they go and get it.

These people absolutely do not care what you think of them. They're happy doing their thing.

In the future (perhaps even now), everyone will either be autistic, ADD/ADHD, anxious, depressed, OCD, or a combination of these.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The guy has some issues. OCD? Kinda sad

He's clearly autistic, and clearly loves his life, PP. It's not sad at all, quite the opposite! My husband and son are on the spectrum, and follow their passions in life because they literally cannot be functional otherwise. They are very driven. My husband is a research scientist, with an MD and a PhD. He cannot envision himself doing anything else. My son is in college pursuing his topic of interest, one he's had since he was little. There is no room in their lives for doubts or social second-guessing. They know what they want and they go and get it.

These people absolutely do not care what you think of them. They're happy doing their thing.

In the future (perhaps even now), everyone will either be autistic, ADD/ADHD, anxious, depressed, OCD, or a combination of these.

Do you mean because people will actually have these conditions, or because they will be misdiagnosed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The guy has some issues. OCD? Kinda sad

He's clearly autistic, and clearly loves his life, PP. It's not sad at all, quite the opposite! My husband and son are on the spectrum, and follow their passions in life because they literally cannot be functional otherwise. They are very driven. My husband is a research scientist, with an MD and a PhD. He cannot envision himself doing anything else. My son is in college pursuing his topic of interest, one he's had since he was little. There is no room in their lives for doubts or social second-guessing. They know what they want and they go and get it.

These people absolutely do not care what you think of them. They're happy doing their thing.

In the future (perhaps even now), everyone will either be autistic, ADD/ADHD, anxious, depressed, OCD, or a combination of these.

+100
Diagnosing and categorizing is very popular in this era. The pendulum will swing back

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The guy has some issues. OCD? Kinda sad

He's clearly autistic, and clearly loves his life, PP. It's not sad at all, quite the opposite! My husband and son are on the spectrum, and follow their passions in life because they literally cannot be functional otherwise. They are very driven. My husband is a research scientist, with an MD and a PhD. He cannot envision himself doing anything else. My son is in college pursuing his topic of interest, one he's had since he was little. There is no room in their lives for doubts or social second-guessing. They know what they want and they go and get it.

These people absolutely do not care what you think of them. They're happy doing their thing.

In the future (perhaps even now), everyone will either be autistic, ADD/ADHD, anxious, depressed, OCD, or a combination of these.

You're trying to be flippant, but this man is a clear, and very positive, example of a highly intelligent person on the autism spectrum. What used to be called a savant. It's textbook and predates the label, really.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The guy has some issues. OCD? Kinda sad

He's clearly autistic, and clearly loves his life, PP. It's not sad at all, quite the opposite! My husband and son are on the spectrum, and follow their passions in life because they literally cannot be functional otherwise. They are very driven. My husband is a research scientist, with an MD and a PhD. He cannot envision himself doing anything else. My son is in college pursuing his topic of interest, one he's had since he was little. There is no room in their lives for doubts or social second-guessing. They know what they want and they go and get it.

These people absolutely do not care what you think of them. They're happy doing their thing.

In the future (perhaps even now), everyone will either be autistic, ADD/ADHD, anxious, depressed, OCD, or a combination of these.

You're trying to be flippant, but this man is a clear, and very positive, example of a highly intelligent person on the autism spectrum. What used to be called a savant. It's textbook and predates the label, really.

And the fact that you can “diagnose” that from a newspaper article is part of the problem. I mean, he has to be autistic, right?