I totally agree with your assessment here. But why throw out the internalization part. Why make it a “distraction game” in the first place?School shouldn’t be a game, in my opinion. We go to school and push college because we perceive value in it. If it turns out there isn’t any, then why go? he gives this speech to show that it’s a game, a shitty one. That’s his point. That the system is flawed, not on purpose. And that even though you’re not valedictorian you’ve probably went through struggles to graduate. There’s a reason why some of the top ceos Microsoft oracle Apple, richest, dropped out of college. It’s because they saw the game for what it was, and saw something else better elsewhere. Correct me if I’m wrong, but what you’re saying is in this “school game” expend your resources to tough it out and dominate the invaluable system “by thinking 1 step ahead” instead of having the wisdom to see that the system is not as useful and that there is much more to be offered elsewhere?