[zahlman]

> (for their own definitions of success, which wasn't always monetary)

> I'd hear the weirdest things about how they'd rationalize that studying was bad, degrees were useless, and nothing mattered. Some tried to lecture me on how the world was ending, the economy was collapsing, and therefore nothing mattered anyway.

To be fair, it does seem to be pretty bad out there if your only definition of success is monetary.

But your general point about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locus_of_control absolutely is well taken.