Lucidity

The Problem

Students from rural areas or outside privileged networks face information asymmetry that's invisible to most observers. They have internet access and ambition, but they don't know what questions to ask. At 15, I'd never heard of liberal arts colleges, competitive scholarships, or how educational systems actually work beyond what teachers tell you.

Why It Matters

This isn't about individual disadvantage — it's a systemic issue. When access to opportunity-shaping information depends on your postal code or social network, the education system fails its meritocratic promise. Students in Paris learn about Rhodes Scholarships over dinner. Students in villages of 500 discover them years too late, if at all.

The gap isn't visible because these students don't know what they're missing. You can't search for what you don't know exists.

Why I'm Doing It

I grew up in rural France. I discovered this information gap by accident, through online communities and hundreds of hours of self-directed research. I realized my trajectory was being shaped by what I didn't know, not by what I couldn't do.

At 16, I'm still navigating these systems myself. But that gives me a unique vantage point — I remember what it felt like to not know, and I understand what today's students actually need to hear.

What Lucidity Actually Does

Lucidity publishes rigorous, accessible essays that make invisible systems visible. I break down educational frameworks, decision-making models, and opportunity structures that privileged students absorb implicitly but others never encounter.

This isn't motivation. It's analysis. Each essay aims to give readers the conceptual tools to navigate complexity independently — whether that's understanding college admissions, evaluating AI's impact on their generation, or thinking strategically about their futures.

The goal: help students ask better questions, earlier.