One of the greatest aspects of Western culture has been tolerance for eccentricity. You don’t get a bizarre man like Isaac Newton without this allowance. Einstein was weird too. Wittgenstein was bizarre. Beethoven couldn’t get along with people. Bach is an outlier as pretty normal. You identify the brilliant people and give them space.
The Asian system of mass conformity - beating the individuality out of kids through rote memorization (which has its place, but shouldn’t be exaggerated) and totally controlled time and space, all day, every day - does not give you a Scientific Revolution which puts Europe far ahead of China. There is a reason China hunkered down and Europeans transformed entire continents - building the modern world we all enjoy.
So the guys who want to recreate American culture along Tiger Mom systems might consider that their own education was just sucking up the achievements of what people not subjected to their childhood slavery developed. They scored great on tests, got into schools, made some dough. But following this model of 12 hours a day as a society will lead to stagnation and deep unhappiness.
One thing I agree with is the view that many have pushed that Phoenix is too old. Napoleon’s youth was a significant part of his story - he entered the picture at 23 (painting at right) and was First Consul by 30
Just remember that one of the best parts about America is when some schizo guys hellbent on a particular vision, escape the academic mind virus and change the world from their garage.