It’s an almost impossible experiment to run because of this bit: “Keeping the life skills and knowledge i have today”
I know you’ve specified an exception for computer skills, but you have so much more in-built human capital, much of it the result of your education and upbringing. You likely have extensive subconscious training in the mannerisms and norms of upper-middle-class culture. You probably know exactly what behaviors constitute fitting in well and being a valued employee. You know where to go for help, and how to get good credit. The fact you can speak English is, on its own, the foundation of a good career in many parts of the world. If you start to strip out all of that built-in experience and upbringing in order to level the playing field, is it really still you?
If I couldn’t repeat my success (to some reasonable approximation of that success) what does that mean for what I understand about how the world works and my life skills within it?
I know you’ve specified an exception for computer skills, but you have so much more in-built human capital, much of it the result of your education and upbringing. You likely have extensive subconscious training in the mannerisms and norms of upper-middle-class culture. You probably know exactly what behaviors constitute fitting in well and being a valued employee. You know where to go for help, and how to get good credit. The fact you can speak English is, on its own, the foundation of a good career in many parts of the world. If you start to strip out all of that built-in experience and upbringing in order to level the playing field, is it really still you?