but most normal, average people with average to low motivation, average intelligence, etc. just kind of get lost and many slip through the cracks.

Yep. Widen the possible paths people can take and you minimize the chance of any one landing on a "good" path.

The older I get, the more I see just how helpful constraints are to people. I have to tell you, realizing this really just opens the door to questioning a lot of presuppositions we take for granted in the West.

but most normal, average people with average to low motivation, average intelligence, etc. just kind of get lost and many slip through the cracks.

Yep. Widen the possible paths people can take and you minimize the chance of any one landing on a "good" path.

The more I get older, the more I see just how helpful constraints are to people. I have to tell you, realizing this really just opens the door to questioning a lot of presuppositions we take for granted in the West.