> Given how people strive to learn their own things to their personal maximum, the fact that so few become elites suggests that it would not be possible to successfully attempt to gain super skills in areas outside what you're already struggling with.

But that’s the thing. What if the way that we can learn could be radically improved? Seems we haven’t investigated it enough

Maybe I’m just rehashing the kind of loathsome hot housing mistakes of helicopter tiger moms of the 1980s but I don’t think so. I think the new effort is to tiger mama sweatshops, as modern post graduate tuition is to phrenology

I appreciate your perspective too; I find it quite realistic. However, I’m not suggesting that everyone should undertake a rigid, utilitarian socialist work regimen, akin to a dystopian ‘assignment camp’ for divergent personalities. Rather, what if we explored the diversity of specialized skills and how people excel in them? We could identify common factors and use that knowledge to boost overall competence in a broad range of skills. It’s unknown whether there are common elements—‘hacks,’ so to speak—in our underlying biology that could activate certain genes, unlocking new potentials through training methods or different mechanisms. But I believe they might exist.

Through rigorous study of these aspects, we could make significant progress. Implementing what we learn in training could potentially revolutionize education, raising everyone’s skill level. Imagine integrating this into our education system and enhancing people’s innate, generalized competence across various skill sets—even by just 5%. Applied to tens of millions, this improvement could be transformative. Therefore, it seems worthwhile to pursue this endeavor.