There have always been people in societies, cultures, and among populations all over the world and throughout history who have committed an average level of effort to the work of building their lives.
They lived. They died. And they didn’t make a ripple or a dent in the universe.
It’s only in the last 100 years or so that the protection for being average was codified at a mass level through the direct efforts of the Industrial Revolution and the aftereffects of that same revolution.
Another way of saying this is “C’s get degrees.”
Yes, they do.
But, over the next 100 years, they may have to get a different set of skills in order to maintain that “C” status, both in life, and in their careers.
It’s always been demanding to be average; to stay in your lane; to follow directions without critically thinking; to not be the nail that sticks up; to protect the status quo by not engaging in conflicts that matter.
And it’s just going to get even harder.
