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0 pointshedora3y ago0 comments

Different people have different skill sets.

It makes sense to evenly distribute resources in elementary schools, but that’s not what is being’s discussed here.

You could give me the same violin lessons as a virtuouso, and stick a functionally-illiterate Michelin-starred chef in my favorite calculus series, but doing so would be a complete waste of everyone’s time.

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nathan_compton3y ago

"doing so would be a complete waste of everyone’s time"

I simply don't believe this. Playing violin is virtuous even if you aren't a virtuoso and knowing about calculus is virtuous even if you're a Michelin starred chef. Its certainly true that the situation you describes may not be an _efficient_ distribution of resources if all you care about is productivity, but there are other ways to think.

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