Comment Re:Fix This Problem Early (Score 1) 255
Actually, the problem is that we didn't systematically try creating "over-inflated self esteem" until a couple decades ago, and this was tried (and is still being done) despite people who actually study group dynamics and the like trying to get attention for the fact that this is actually a horrible idea based off what would have to work to be pseudoscience. (It started with somebody's not-reality-tested theory about the cause of many ills becoming popular...before anybody went "Wait, is this an actual correlation?" On testing, it turned out that the true correlation goes the exact opposite way.)
The problem here is narcissistic behavior, which is more common now, and I've had professors who are quite left-leaning be openly against the social engineering disaster here. If anything, it's proof that social engineering needs to be only done by people who are licensed, with the same level of precautions and standards for licensure as we would put in place for any other type of engineering which involves messing with not-entirely-understood complex systems that can result in large-scale long-term negative consequences.
Incidentally, if you want to be taken seriously on topics involving complex systems, I suggest you strongly consider mastering the use of the shift key and punctuation. They're not complex systems, and many people quite successfully master them.