Thanks. Exactly. I have a theory. But I’d have to actually start writing on my empty Substack to lay it all out. Motivation lacking. Haha. I will say, I think it starts with a few decades of dumbing people down in govt run schools.
If you look at the bar chart of the categories of people who did not comply, it’s pretty stark. Those with …
Thanks. Exactly. I have a theory. But I’d have to actually start writing on my empty Substack to lay it all out. Motivation lacking. Haha. I will say, I think it starts with a few decades of dumbing people down in govt run schools.
If you look at the bar chart of the categories of people who did not comply, it’s pretty stark. Those with the least amount of formal education and those with the most have the lowest % of compliance. And that does not surprise me. The least educated used their gut feeling, life experience and intuition, while the most educated used their abductive and deductive reasoning skills. Everyone else was caught in the fear vortex, and in a world where everyone gets a trophy and critical thinking is not rewarded, they complied.
Personally, (beyond my professional career which had some impact on my thought process due to knowledge gained over 30 years) I have my mom to thank. She was a contrarian and being the oldest child, I just took up the mantle at an early age.
Thanks. Exactly. I have a theory. But I’d have to actually start writing on my empty Substack to lay it all out. Motivation lacking. Haha. I will say, I think it starts with a few decades of dumbing people down in govt run schools.
If you look at the bar chart of the categories of people who did not comply, it’s pretty stark. Those with the least amount of formal education and those with the most have the lowest % of compliance. And that does not surprise me. The least educated used their gut feeling, life experience and intuition, while the most educated used their abductive and deductive reasoning skills. Everyone else was caught in the fear vortex, and in a world where everyone gets a trophy and critical thinking is not rewarded, they complied.
Personally, (beyond my professional career which had some impact on my thought process due to knowledge gained over 30 years) I have my mom to thank. She was a contrarian and being the oldest child, I just took up the mantle at an early age.