As I’ve gotten older I’ve realized that a lot of very mainstream advice people get about dealing with careers, society, etc is like “don’t do XYZ* or you’ll be eaten alive out there.” Instead of like “don’t eat people alive out there.”
*XYZ is just normal human behavior.
There are fundamental misalignments in our society that cause psychopathic behaviour to be selected for and rewarded. Mainstream advice is not about changing the status quo; it’s about protecting yourself from it.
That’s what I said.