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I've used this essay as a justification to myself for why I got bad marks so many times.

Dropping this self-assessment was a big part of what "growing up" felt like to me.

It's funny how there's glamour attached to the idea of being a BBM. It's not like it tends to end well in practice.

But I don't think this article is trying to say "this type of person is great but society keeps them down, man". Or at least, that's not how I read it. The author explicitly says that the failure comes from lack of application.

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