A (from article): There are many kids and few spots "at the top," so competition is a natural response to incentiveshttps://twitter.com/theatlantic/status/668078745044013056 …
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Kevin Simler Retweeted The Atlantic
A (from article): There are many kids and few spots "at the top," so competition is a natural response to incentiveshttps://twitter.com/theatlantic/status/668078745044013056 …
Kevin Simler added,
@irondavy Also 3, just useful to have a counter-narrative to "parents are to blame for pushing their kids too much."
@KevinSimler @irondavy parents are generally clueless - stupid the idea that the world is a pyramid with scarce fixed tracks
@KevinSimler @irondavy there are many more things to do professionally beyond what most type-A-on-behalf-of-their-kids parents understand
@MarcBodnick @irondavy I want to believe/hope it's true! But my null hypothesis is that parents are sensing something true about the world.
@KevinSimler @irondavy parents are worse than MBAs at predicting the future
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