I read it more as an illustrative example to open up the following discussion than a terribly serious model of real life.
He does riff back on it, but it's five minutes of perspective tossed at teenagers, not anything formal.
He does riff back on it, but it's five minutes of perspective tossed at teenagers, not anything formal.
I don't think anyone took this beyond the anecdotal evidence provided. We can argue motive and hypotheticals all day but the fact remains that this is just a blurb thrown at fresh undergraduates.
It's a motivational speech (delivered via heresay on Quora) not a thesis.