Deciding between two topics for a blog post today, which do you find more interesting?

One is on the subject of "real name" policies, which has gotten some attention lately and I think I can shed some light on.

Another is on "following the script", which is to say how to break out of the socially prescribed life path most people play out (go to school, get married, have a couple of kids, retire, die), or "how to be a radical"

Surprised to see "following the script" winning here, was not sure that it would be a well-received premise.

Writing it now while listening to Talking Heads in the background 😄

The short version of this post is that you should have been taught philosophy in school and you owe it to yourself to study it now

Draft for broader feedback before publishing:

https://paste.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/506cf9e8ebb95e60d16b9d51723e3bc0e9eb01cf

@drewdevault In many societies, some jobs are highly rewarded while others are not. E.g.: construction workers or plumbers make very low wages, while specific university professionals make high salaries.

This "distorts" the script a bit: suddently everyone is expected to study a high-paying profession, which creates a situation where everyone competes for those few slots and nobody wants to be a plumber.

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@whynothugo (which results in a shortage of plumbers and increased wages for the plumbers... Balancing it out again)

@zachdecook Experience shows that you end up having a lot of poorly paid plumbers and it's incredibly hard to find a good one.

Maybe the folks who'd be good at it might just be hard to find, or they might be chasing some better paid goal, as per the script. Maybe because it's poorly paid they never focus on improving in their trade?

I can't explain the causality, I can only point out the result.