The End of the Diligence Game in the AI Era?

@DailyLifeOfABeijingDrifter: I read an article by Pang Miao that mentioned the issue of degree inflation.
People have observed a phenomenon: this year's college entrance exam (Gaokao) questions were generally difficult, disappointing many diligent but less gifted children.
In the past, educational selection was largely a test of "diligence."
Medium-difficulty questions dominated, meaning that as long as you were willing to do practice tests, stay up late, and solidly master the textbook content, you could get a decent score.
This mechanism provided ordinary families with a clear expectation: effort = reward.
However, the current exam structure is breaking this expectation. The increase in top-tier and innovative questions is essentially a screening for talent.
Social development may indeed only require a few geniuses to push the upper limits, but the cruelty of education lies in the fact that it advances this screening to the Gaokao and squeezes the living space of ordinary people.

So, what should children do in the future?
I think there are two approaches for your reference:
First, learn the strategy of diversified asset allocation and develop children's strengths in a diversified manner, uncovering their advantages through various tests. Discard the test-taking mindset and instead find your comparative advantage. A balanced strategy in life is of little significance; it is pointless to use tactical diligence to cover up strategic laziness. It is more important to find your longest board and establish an absolute advantage.
Second, embrace the real society, increase practical experience, and understand common sense. For example, why can I recognize at a glance that it's a duck leg and not a goose leg? Because I have rural life experience and I also pay attention to changes in supermarket vegetable prices. To give another example, the vast majority of people don't know that a duck's diet is omnivorous leaning towards meat, while geese are herbivores. This "common sense" is actually useful in real life and is part of helping you perfect your values. Getting in touch with more common sense can both increase critical thinking and exercise the ability for lifelong learning.

Buying funds and looking at fund managers in recent years, I've also realized that many things require talent. Diligence is important, but diligence alone doesn't guarantee results.

Parents and students, relying solely on diligent test prep and pursuing a mere paper diploma can no longer cope with the complex and ever-changing future.

We cannot use past maps to find new continents in the future. We need to guide our children or ourselves to accept being ordinary, seek our advantages, embrace reality, and establish our own certainty in an uncertain world.

This is perhaps more important than scoring a few extra points. (Not to be used as an educational/employment basis)