I left a PhD program in history and ended up working at a series of startups. Eventually, I founded one.
My cohort at school, on average, was smarter and harder-working than I was - I'm sure they could do exactly the same thing, if they wanted to. Or, for that matter, they could do anything else they wanted.
The issue isn't that there's no economic use for these people. The issue is that there's (close to) no economic use for what they really, really, really want to do.
My cohort at school, on average, was smarter and harder-working than I was - I'm sure they could do exactly the same thing, if they wanted to. Or, for that matter, they could do anything else they wanted.
The issue isn't that there's no economic use for these people. The issue is that there's (close to) no economic use for what they really, really, really want to do.