First link is paywalled, and the second is rather unconvincing, and pales in comparison to Caplan's overly careful argumentation.
I suspect we have different lufe experiences as well. For me most education years were either a waste of time, or at least came with very high opportunity costs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/is-education-a-waste-...
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning...