Society failing some potentially super effective people is observable. If we employed half as many tricks to align people with challenging (skills-appropriate)

Society failing some potentially super effective people is observable. If we employed half as many tricks to align people with challenging (skills-appropriate) and socially valuable work as we do to align potential buyers with products, I think a lot more would get done and a lot more people could live meaningful lives. I know several examples of people not doing things they're good at. Actively marketing yourself as a requirement for getting valuable work is an obstacle for many. Sometimes business culture is an obstacle. Another thing is the chilling effect that our surveillance state has. Hacking away on tech in the US is not as appealing as it was (for some) before it was clear that your prospects are mostly being a cog in a system geared towards social control. I think people need real privacy to learn, grow, and collaborate, or they just won't do that to the degree necessary to meet their potential. Schools in the US are a big problem, and seem to be victims of broken politics and ideological battles on the regular. Profiteering in higher education also doesn't help.