This is a scale error. The industrial revolution was a shift in the curve. You could successfully argue that automation to get ahead is nothing new, but it wou

This is a scale error. The industrial revolution was a shift in the curve. You could successfully argue that automation to get ahead is nothing new, but it would miss the importance of the scale of the new changes. Adderal and its ilk are a similar shift in the curve. People with access used to be people rich enough to afford speed. Now almost all school kids are entering the work force and know someone or have themselves used performance enhancers.