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The 2% Rule Explains Almost Everything About Human Behavior
Education makes a dangerous assumption: that people want to learn.
They don’t.
Most people don’t want to improve, cooperate, or even engage when it would clearly benefit them. This isn’t a moral failure. It’s human nature.
Kindergarten teachers understand this better than professors. With kids, every emotion is visible. As adults, we don’t lose those emotions, we just learn how to hide them, manage impressions, and avoid effort.
I grew up believing people would cooperate if the path was clear. That belief was wrong. Psychology, sociology, and real data all say the same thing: people focus on…
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