People who read too many books get quirky. We can't have too much eccentricity or it would bankrupt us. Market research depends on people behaving as if they were all alike.

John Taylor Gatto
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This quote is a beautiful deconstruction of the world in which we live. It tells us that the world is constantly trying to make us believe that everyone is the same, that everyone is predictable. It tells us that people are too complex to be easily understood.

Source: The Underground History Of American Education: An Intimate Investigation Into The Prison Of Modern Schooling

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