> If I sat down and tried to design a set of social norms for discouraging people from being their best selves, I honestly don't think I could have done a bette

> If I sat down and tried to design a set of social norms for discouraging people from being their best selves, I honestly don't think I could have done a better job than this. > Why don't we want people to be good at things? Historically most people were peasants or serfs. The only thing they were expected to be good at was that, and were actively discouraged from doing anything else. We have gone from "Civilization and Its Discontents" to the Human Potential Movement in the blink of an eye. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_and_Its_Discontents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_and_Its_Disconten... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Potential_Movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Potential_Movement