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Based on experiences with highschool reunions and with hard-drug dealers, I feel like children whose lives are "optimized for success" often end up pissing away
by xkcd-sucks 11y ago
Based on experiences with highschool reunions and with hard-drug dealers, I feel like children whose lives are "optimized for success" often end up pissing away their "potential," while the second-tier/nice-but-dull children end up having personally fulfilling, materially successful lives. Probably this observation reflects nothing more than a bunch of named fallacies.
- barry-cotter 11y agoReversion to the mean, having to rely on one's own motivation and conscientiousness instead of an older adults, many othes.
- swiley 11y agoI had to become a failure in the eyes of my parents before I ever started to succeed.