A question for the journalist, how long would you expect your culture and society and economy to survive if all 2000 were actually "revolutionary adult creators"?
Another good question is why smart people have to be slaves. If a smart person wants to spend their life meditating, or serving the poor, or in a religious vocation, the journalists unhappiness about their decision is sad for the journalist, but I'm not really seeing the problem for the person. I'd even double down, and in a culture that's strongly anti-intellectual, a smart dude might very well see that his best course thru life of maximized happiness and love, is a non- or less- intellectual career. Sort of an "Atlas Shrugged" attitude. A "winner takes all" system doesn't motivate everyone, much like the lottery, the winners are those who don't play.
Another good question is why smart people have to be slaves. If a smart person wants to spend their life meditating, or serving the poor, or in a religious vocation, the journalists unhappiness about their decision is sad for the journalist, but I'm not really seeing the problem for the person. I'd even double down, and in a culture that's strongly anti-intellectual, a smart dude might very well see that his best course thru life of maximized happiness and love, is a non- or less- intellectual career. Sort of an "Atlas Shrugged" attitude. A "winner takes all" system doesn't motivate everyone, much like the lottery, the winners are those who don't play.