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Part of the point of the article is that Tim was born in East Hampton, NY and went to Princeton - he never truly faced the possibility of complete financial rui

Part of the point of the article is that Tim was born in East Hampton, NY and went to Princeton - he never truly faced the possibility of complete financial ruin when building what he's built. That gave him the freedom to do what he did - without that privilege would he have been able to do thing? I don't know...but for him to NOW turn it into a cult of personality and sell a fake story about "working hard" is at a minimum disingenuous

jimbokun 5y ago
But the story he is selling is about NOT working hard. Thus the "Four Hour Work Week". He is not praising indiscriminate effort. He is praising getting the most reward for the least amount of work. Which demonstrates his privilege. But I don't think he's really trying to hide that or claim some kind of virtue.