“In 1975 I decided that there was no future in flying (airline jobs were impossible to get, and who wants a job where you are judged only by seniority?) and headed off to grad school.” WantSchoolJobsImpossibleDecidedFlyingWhere You AreJudgedAirlineGradGrad SchoolSeniority Author:W. Richard Stevens
“Physiologically adult humans are not meant to spend an additional 10 years in a school system; their brains map that onto "I have been assigned low tribal status". And so, of course, they plot rebellion - accuse the existing tribal overlords of corruption plot, perhaps to split off their own little tribe in the savanna, not realizing that this is impossible in the Modern World.” WorldYearsHumansLittlesHas BeensSchoolCoursesRealizingBrainImpossibleModernLowsAdultsCorruptionPlotMapsRebellionSplitsTribesModern WorldSchool SystemSavanna Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“There is no way to live up to your full potential in life without losing lots of things. Yet there are people who believe you can go through a lifetime without losing anything, if you would just be more careful and more thoughtful. They actually believe that a child can get through elementary school without losing a jacket, but that's impossible unless the child is very repressed.” PeopleIfsWayBelieveChildrenSchoolLossImpossibleLosingLifetimeCarefulThoughtfulJacketsWay To LiveBelieve You CanRepressedFull PotentialElementary School Author:Jennifer James