[YeBanKo]

> That means knowing what subjects and concepts you can commit to memory with a gifted efficiency!! Imagine the sorting hat coming to you and picking you out to join the guild of X or Y!

You are describing Isaac Asimov’s novel “Profession”.

[bluefirebrand]

I was thinking this sounded a bit like Gattaca myself (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca)

Except measuring brainwaves instead of genetics.

[poszlem]

We absolutely go in the direction of the SF dystopias. Another great example is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limes_inferior from 1982.

[int_19h]

"Profession" is not quite a dystopia, though, considering the ending.

[LargoLasskhyfv]

That seems to be a very interesting author. Sadly no english translations of his works seem to exist? Kurva!