Reading this was sort of soul-crushing for me. Not on its own — I'm not surprised by it, it's consistent with my understanding of things — but together with man

Reading this was sort of soul-crushing for me. Not on its own — I'm not surprised by it, it's consistent with my understanding of things — but together with many other experiences I've had, and stories that I'm aware of, reinforces a certain learned helplessness I have developed about certain things. I don't have a book to sell, but in general I feel like I'm losing (lost?) all sense that the contributions people are making, or could make, to society are getting lost in an ocean of credentialized or systemic filters. Maybe it's always been this way?