Megan McArdle writes:

The real problem with investment bankers goes deeper, and is the problem of the entire upper middle class: we have come to believe that complying with the rules produces excellent results as by some natural law. In school, if you do your work, teacher gives you an A. It comes to seem like a sort of a natural law: if you have a good education and work hard, the universe is supposed to reward you. After school, the upper middle class gravitates towards careers with very well defined advancement hierarchies: medicine, law, finance, consulting, where this subtle belief is constantly reinforced.

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When I started reading this, I thought “wow, I have a dream like this all the time.” Then I found out that’s what he was talking about. Sometimes it’s nice to know you’re not alone.

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Last night, I pushed the button on my robot vacuum and it cleaned my floor, pushed the button on my ice cream maker and it made homemade ice cream in 20 minutes, and proceeded to play electronic instruments. The future is now.

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