This is a great comment. We are already way too educated and self-improved as it is. Consider the 24 year old with bachelors and masters degrees who is currently working at Starbucks because there simply is no professional work available to him. Does anyone really think “moar education” is going to improve his life? If I were him and the decision was between vegging out on the PlayStation or futilely going to night school, I know what I’d choose.

We are in this spot where there is really very, very little work that needs to happen to keep society rolling along, and a glut of educated people wanting to do that work. More education, more up-skilling, and more self-improvement is not going to fix this.