The throughline is that we get caught up in long-arc status games ('did i do a good job learning all those things they taught us in school, do i look smart in f

The throughline is that we get caught up in long-arc status games ('did i do a good job learning all those things they taught us in school, do i look smart in front of my tribe / in front of all these other seemingly impressive engineers around me, am I demonstrating to my outside friends, family, future romantic interests that I'm a stable & effective member of society?') that fool us into blinding ourselves from looking at the bigger picture effect of our work.