Excellent Sheep — Deep Dive | How Elite Education Produces Conformity
This episode of Crisis in Perception explores Excellent Sheep by William Deresiewicz, a critique of elite American education and its effects on identity, purpose, and leadership.
Rather than cultivating independent thinkers, elite institutions often produce anxious, risk-averse conformists optimized for credentialed success. This Deep Dive examines how pressure, resume culture, and technocratic values shape students long before adulthood.
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