Ill be sure to add citations next time. I tend to not add them if they are common knowledge, most of us learned about the education system, noblemen, the proletariat etc.
Thanks for the compliment! It feels to good to know my writing is starting to make more sense. I actually wrote this one using an outline/bullet method rather than free writing it.
Bill gates, Mark Zuckerberg and many many others are all outliers. But the crazy people who think they can change the world, are often the ones who do. Its not a coincidence, rather I think its naturally what would happen if we gave people more resources to know themselves at a young age. Granted, some of us are gifted with being able to breeze through public school, and there are many of us who could sleep through an A for most majors. For those types of people, I think school is useless IF, and ONLY IF, they have a mentality of quenching their thirst for knowledge. It took me 6 years to graduate under grad, and i worked all through those 6 years because I had no idea what I wanted to do. Had i just not gone to school, i would of definitely found my self somewhere else doing something for money, good or bad. School kept me out of trouble, thats for sure, but sometimes trouble gets you into some serious opportunities.
This is because they belief. Their belief may at that point still benefit a form of life naivety but that also means they are less burdened by more traditional thinking. Or by fear of failure.
If Zuck didn’t believe in his evolving vision, he would have sold FB at the sweet tone of $1bn.
Square pegs. The crazy ones.
good point. Naivety and mentorship is probably the perfect combo. But the Naive person should always be aware of how Naive they are, and the mentor should be aware not to beat the soul out of someone.