Its not cruel, its stupid. Why would we organize our society in such a way that people would be drawn towards such paths in the first place, where your comfort and security are your first concerns and taking risks, doing something new, is not even on your mind?
> where your comfort and security are your first concerns and taking risks, doing something new, is not even on your mind?
Because individually, lots of people seek low-risk high-return occupations. Systematically, that doesn’t exist in the long run.
Societies do better when they take risks. Encouraging the population to integrate that risk taking has been a running them in successful societies from the Romans and Chinese dynasties through American commerce and jugaad.
CS is the new MBA. A thoughtless path to a safe, secure job.
Cruelly, but necessarily, a society has to destroy those pathways. Otherwise, it becomes sclerotic.