Giving competent young people an order is beneficial to society because in many cases the order makes it easier for them to be competent. So that is what is done.
However, some people become obsessed with the delusion that they are genius and that the world should admire them. This is not a rare occurrence; it has been observed many times.
The solution to this problem is not yet clear. It is not “stop giving them medals.” Because not only human resource development programs and contests, but also “good universities,” “good schools,” “good laboratories,” “good companies,” etc. are sources of this kind of delusion. It is not possible to destroy all of them without creating a society of “misconceived equality.
relevance - There is more than one summit.
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