I think this whole episode is an amazing indictment of our corporate wealth/fame system. How it is better to drop out of Stanford than continue to, you know, get an elite education in science if you are planning a potentially groundbreaking science/tech product? Pic of her around dropout time, because rules:
Why do people bother to listen to someone that doesn't yet have a product on the market, yet alone invite them to give well-attended talks, provide commencement addressees and seek them out for political advice? This baffles me. I mean seriously, why do we give the time of day to someone who hasn't really done anything other than sweet talk people out of their money? Based on that skill, she was palling around with celebrities, meeting elite politicians--some of whom went out of their way to attend her speeches--and getting TV interviews and magazine articles as if she was a "real" CEO with a viable product. Why are we so in awe of startup founders, especially when they haven't even proven their big idea can work?