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> You can do that as well in many EU countries. Without being rich. But, interestingly, few people do. And those who do seem to take on less risk than their co

> You can do that as well in many EU countries. Without being rich. But, interestingly, few people do. And those who do seem to take on less risk than their counterparts in the US.

tluyben2 5y ago
I think people take a lot of risks here: a lot of people would be dying of starvation if they did not have the safetynet. But yes, agreed, people do not seem to want to go all out. I think you need some existential panic to excel (depending on your definition of excel of course), but I am not religious so I do not want existential panic or any type of risk really. And I guess most people have the same feeling here. Just playing risk yourself is no risk as there is the safetynet, but once you start witb other people their lives, it becomes different. Where I was born, everyone has money and people are generally modest: do not need ferraris or whatever so they just want a happy relaxed life. And that is very easy to get here. I worked very hard since I was 15 as I wanted (and have) (not ferraris but travel) more, but I was never interested in money or fame that can get someone kidnapped. I believe if I lived in the US, my parents would have sent me to Stanford or something and things might have been different somehow. I will never know: I like not having stress, at all so no regrets.
- bjornsing 5y ago
  Well good for you. You’ve come to the right place. ;) To be clear, I don’t grieve the lack of Ferraris. But the lack of ambition and related consequences gets to me.
  - tluyben2 5y ago
    As do it does to me. The ambition here is low but I do not know how to fix it without destroying what makes it nice here. I do not think anyone does. And playing the odds is just much easier here. Almost 0% of making a billion but never under a bridge and a quite high % chance of having a good life.

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> You can do that as well in many EU countries. Without being rich. But, interestingly, few people do. And those who do seem to take on less risk than their co

by bjornsing 5y ago

> You can do that as well in many EU countries. Without being rich. But, interestingly, few people do. And those who do seem to take on less risk than their counterparts in the US.

tluyben2 5y ago
I think people take a lot of risks here: a lot of people would be dying of starvation if they did not have the safetynet. But yes, agreed, people do not seem to want to go all out. I think you need some existential panic to excel (depending on your definition of excel of course), but I am not religious so I do not want existential panic or any type of risk really. And I guess most people have the same feeling here. Just playing risk yourself is no risk as there is the safetynet, but once you start witb other people their lives, it becomes different. Where I was born, everyone has money and people are generally modest: do not need ferraris or whatever so they just want a happy relaxed life. And that is very easy to get here. I worked very hard since I was 15 as I wanted (and have) (not ferraris but travel) more, but I was never interested in money or fame that can get someone kidnapped. I believe if I lived in the US, my parents would have sent me to Stanford or something and things might have been different somehow. I will never know: I like not having stress, at all so no regrets.
- bjornsing 5y ago
  Well good for you. You’ve come to the right place. ;) To be clear, I don’t grieve the lack of Ferraris. But the lack of ambition and related consequences gets to me.
  - tluyben2 5y ago
    As do it does to me. The ambition here is low but I do not know how to fix it without destroying what makes it nice here. I do not think anyone does. And playing the odds is just much easier here. Almost 0% of making a billion but never under a bridge and a quite high % chance of having a good life.