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I am going to venture a guess that both you and the parent you are replying to belong to exactly the same economic strata as your parents. You haven't had to bu
by xyzelement 5y ago
I am going to venture a guess that both you and the parent you are replying to belong to exactly the same economic strata as your parents. You haven't had to build yourself up.
For someone who has built their life from 0 dollars broke ass immigrant to being in the 1%, Naval's narrative resonates as exactly the right advice.
- redisman 5y agoI make more money than both my parents combined and I'm an immigrant if that's somehow relevant.
- vincent-toups 5y agoIt is neither his ideology nor his advice that I'm taking exception to. What strikes me as the issue is that he identifies literally anyone who may level any criticism at him as acting in bad faith: purely participating in a game of status and an inferior one at that. Not only is it really unlikely that literally everyone who might have a different set of priorities than him is a crass social climber, but his need to describe them as such is immature, even if it were the case.
- xyzelement 5y ago>What strikes me as the issue is that he identifies literally anyone who may level any criticism at him as acting in bad faith: purely participating in a game of status and an inferior one at that. Where did you get that? I read this part of the article as describing a mental model the author believes in. Thinking about it, the model matches up to my experience of the world. A thinker needs to be able to express their best thinking. If this is what he believes and can argue for, that's an intellectual service. We can use our own intellect to agree or not.