Rowson argues that academic over-achievers don't choose subjects out of curiosity—they choose ones where they can stay at the top. They repeat this pattern through school, university, and into professional life, optimizing to remain 'best in field' while losing sight of virtually everything else. The cliche of 'jack of all trades, master of none' unfairly masks what is really a series of status-preservation decisions.
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