This is a great read, but I'm not sure that it succeeds in making its case - there is a lot of weight put on the idea of a big fish in a little pond being happi

This is a great read, but I'm not sure that it succeeds in making its case - there is a lot of weight put on the idea of a big fish in a little pond being happier, but realistically, does a culture flourish when it's composed of complacent masters of tiny points of subculture? Is a person more successful who masters a tiny area than someone who recognises something bigger and strives to master that instead? It's probably better that people realise their real place in society as far as material wellbeing is concerned, and fight to improve it.