I can't find it, I'm sure it's bookmarked. But the point was that going through formal school k12 is the worst thing that happens to you in terms of self control, discipline, and procrastination.

The idea went as follows:

People who thrive at "school" suck at doing things in the absence of environment of school, their whole life they are getting programmed to:

a) do things for an quick and clear reward

b) always be in extremely well defined rules (when semester starts you see how people obsess over edge cases and their impact on grade with a professor)

c) always do it for pleasing someone else and get their admiration (teachers, parents, peers, etc)

d) only be motivated by fear

In a way the better you adapt to that system the more 'slave' minded you become and only do what is asked, when rewarded, given clear instructions and a threat of leashes otherwise. Often Top students in HS end up mediocre at college and life.

Lack of motivation plagues them all life as they have no clear guidelines, external threats, or third person providing validation.

Also, they avoid failure like plague because their whole identity is built on them being the "brightest", you can't fail if you never try.

I have tried Googling 30 different ways, I wrote script to generate url with 8000+ bookmark links and google still couldn't find it. I used to be able to find it with Google, now it just can't, I knew G have been becoming unreliable, but this is first time that I can't find it even after trying for hours.

I say "they" but I see myself in it, and that's why I read that article again and again.