potential fatigue

The old system said: ‘Obey.’ The new system says: ‘Realize your potential,’ which can be a much crueler thing because potential’s infinite, and people, last time I checked, are not. There’s no stopping point in an achievement society. ‘Potential’ is the modern world’s term for whatever you haven’t done yet and, frankly, should already kinda feel bad about.

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