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I don’t think the flat’ers are happy about it all either, but what would you do if your future was either a hopeless grind or some degree of comfort? Booms are followed by busts, in the mightiest booms the future gets bought and sold as far as the eye can see and the stakeholders demand delivery at the expense of those who come along after. Sometimes you show up too late, reject the deal, and catch the bust as your peers join you - you just have to wait it out until your time is better spent.

I’m thankful that I’m from a place with plenty of responsibility and land up for grabs, and that I stumbled into this industry.

From what I can tell from reading casually, growing up today in many parts of the USA, China, or Seoul, or even Europe is a real struggle to claim reputation, responsibility, and assets for yourself.




If a system offers a bad deal not buying and keeping your resources is the best deal. Would layflatlanders migrate if they got the chance and then change their stance.


The main resource you have when you're young is time.

You can withhold it from "the system" but you don't get to keep it :(


In case of 966 you at least get to keep your sanity




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