causal

Schooling Trains People to Be Unfree

The school system functions to teach people to not be free between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., breaking them in young so that they learn to become reliable employees who will show up and surrender their time.

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Speaker

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Evidence Quote

So they are broken in young, and they learn. And so you have employees.

Source

Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Work, Slavery, the Minority Rule, and Skin in the GameEconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:20:19 AM

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