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The article isn't really about university admissions at all, they're merely provided as one cause of an environment which also has its parallels in startup life.

Arbitrary illustrative excerpt:

Whether American or Chinese, individuals who focus too much on ‘achievement,’ and who believe the illusion that they’ve achieved everything simply through their own honest hard work, often think very little of everyone else as a result.




Yes, the article repeats examples of the fundamental attribution error then draws some conclusions about it. However, the subject matter is the founders of the testing moment, and their failure to achieve their goals.

Again, the only interesting part of the article is highly political which is basically stating "be nice to the proles before they eat you". Aka, it belongs on reddit, not here.

If it makes you guys lay off, I agree with the blog post, I just don't think it belongs HERE.




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