> I'm so tired of seeing truly extraordinary people forced to do menial labour to survive
On the bright side, it's probably never been easier for genius type people to become societally useful (and rewarded for it) than now! I was just reading Two Years Before The Mast (1835-ish), where the Harvard educated protagonist met a savant type person working on a ship, but that person was doomed to not rise above his position without a lifetime of struggle. It's not foolproof by any means, but our education system at least found @cperciva and gave him ample status just for his applied intellect to where he could pursue almost anything he wished.
On the bright side, it's probably never been easier for genius type people to become societally useful (and rewarded for it) than now! I was just reading Two Years Before The Mast (1835-ish), where the Harvard educated protagonist met a savant type person working on a ship, but that person was doomed to not rise above his position without a lifetime of struggle. It's not foolproof by any means, but our education system at least found @cperciva and gave him ample status just for his applied intellect to where he could pursue almost anything he wished.