Define success? If it’s material wealth from a social stand point look at the decades of math; it’s monopolized.
There’s always been a hierarchy; those lead to water are whacked into looking no where else for it.
Be pious.
Be materially rich.
Different words for chemical addiction to aligning with social memes.
We’ve seen the brain can rewrite itself to adapt to acquired handicaps. Is it so hard to believe it can’t adapt to a less industrialized pressure on time economy and still feel fulfilled?
Map/Reduce, deal with it. Ultimately 1 in 7 billion is a shared identity none of us can escape. New logistics models should not be ignored for old ones.
Half-truths and wishful thinking are the fuel of VC and speculative economics
Paul Graham is one in 7 billion who stands out among billions of lesser educated.
He’s not a savant. His biggest success is early mover in a tech enabled society.
That’s not visionary, that’s following the social meme and being there at the right time.
Visionary in contemporary society means coming up with the next big thing itself; unifying scientific theories. Not seeing half-truths of reality in cherry picked stat bubbles of finance. There’s been no prediction of relevance just repeated habit
Billionaires are nothing more than gamblers who are propped up by monopolized politics.
This isn’t rocket science. When taxes were high American Main Street did well.
What’s pathetic is social media’s projecting ignorance and air gapped criticism. I see little to no alternative options offered, despite all the economic huff and puff and engineering wisdom supposedly possessed by that community. Same banal political speak.
A little less “Monday Morning quarterback” and a bit more connection to facts would be great.
America is a bit into sitting on its butt complaining at the screen though. IMO that’s the real credibility issue in this nation; so called exceptional, gritty people sitting around complaining about systems from afar.
You think they can’t figure it out? Or do you think more people are pushing protectionism of their luxury.
Portugal showed us how to deal with a number is drug issues. Where are the sustainable programs? Mired in American identity of absolute free choice, despite a heavily gerrymandered electorate.