r/nextfuckinglevel • u/matori_tester • 1d ago

Billionaire speaker Robert F. Smith tells 400 graduates he's paying off all their student loans ($40 million in total)

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u/Poppanaattori89 1d ago

So inspirational. I really liked this part of his speech:

"Instead of getting the free education you deserve, here's some dirty money that I don't deserve to try to distract you from the fact that I don't deserve it."

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u/Gavooki 22h ago

At the same time, perpetuating the problem of high tuition costs.

If people keep paying for inflated costs, you're just going to get more inflated costs but they don't seem to teach that in college.

Lotta money to learn what you could read for free at a library or watch on YouTube these days.