> There's an undescribable absurdism of this era. One observation I've made time and again throughout my life: a large chunk people live their life using a ver

> There's an undescribable absurdism of this era. One observation I've made time and again throughout my life: a large chunk people live their life using a very simple, greedy algorithm (not as in greed, but greedy in the sense algo theory): deal with problems when they appear, and don't think about them until they do. This is why people build houses in the path of lava erupting from a volcano: it's never an issue until it becomes one. The smaller portion of folks who do plan ahead (because they are capable of it) and anticipate problems before they occur is the portion that gets ahead. I don't think this is something that is specific to this era.