Sometimes, traditions or institutions endure because they’re working. They must be doing something right, or they’d have perished long ago, right?
Haha. Most of the time, traditions or institutions persist because they’ve learned to protect themselves. Very few things more than a hundred years old would look like they do if we designed them now, from the ground up. K-12 education comes to mind, but there are countless other examples.
You probably can’t change most of them. But opt out and find alternatives that actually fit you, when you can.
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