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Key Takeaways Esther Wojcicki argues that even in the AI era, parents should send their kids to college.
She says that college develops interpersonal skills that online or AI-based learning cannot match.
She adds that ages 18 to 22 are a critical time for growth, and college uniquely helps young adults learn how to interact with others.
Want to raise the next CEO of a major company? Esther Wojcicki, known as “The Godmother of Silicon Valley,” says it is important for children to go to college, even in the age of AI.
Wojcicki is the mother of Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of 23andMe, the late Susan Wojcicki, YouTube’s former CEO, and Janet Wojcicki, an academic physician-researcher who is a professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at the University of California, San Francisco.
On an episode of the podcast Silicon Valley Girl released earlier this month, host Marina Mogilko posed the question, “Do you think parents should be saving or pushing for college in today’s age?”
Wojcicki immediately responded by saying that college is “so important” because of the interpersonal skills it offers students.
“People think, ‘Oh, we don’t need college anymore, they can get it all online.’ College is an opportunity for you to hone your interaction with other human beings,” Wojcicki said on the podcast.
She added that students between the ages of 18 and 22 have “a lot of growing to do” and college offers a way for that growth to occur.
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