The Twenty Six Year Enlightenment: How Pretend Geniuses Inherited the Digital Throne
People failed both the chalk test and the hammer test for a full quarter century yet on their twenty sixth birthday they rose from their own academic rubble and declared themselves enlightened thinkers. Something supernatural must dwell in that birthday cake because the transformation defies biology. It also defies logic. Someone stumbles through life with the elegance of a cracked stool then suddenly appears online speaking like they swallowed a library written by bored angels. This is the theatre of our time. A global performance where the actors confuse volume for vision and the spectators mistake confidence for competence. Social media became a glittering arena that rewards performance more than substance. Researchers have already noted that digital spaces amplify self presentation far beyond reality because individuals curate identities that generate approval rather than accuracy (Lee and Kim 2021). In other words, the world is cheering for illusions. Mediocrity hides inside...