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> Countries like Ethiopia are catching up from being way behind using imported technology And who do you think is doing all the importing? A young guy in his 2
by I_DRINK_KOOLAID 4y ago
> Countries like Ethiopia are catching up from being way behind using imported technology
And who do you think is doing all the importing? A young guy in his 20s , who is working 14 hours per day for his family import-export company and helping his dad cooking the books to convince the bank to loan them money to get access to such foreign technology.
That is to me both a survivor and a risk taker, not an American kid getting out of college today.
> You're flat out wrong about young people and their willingness to take risks
Taking risks entails being open to novel experiences and also believing you are invincible and the world is yours for the taking . So let me ask you:
Do you smoke? Do you drink? Do you gamble? How many drugs have you tried? Did you violate lockdowns to go partying? When was the last time you stole another man's girlfriend? When was the last time you had sex with another man's girlfriend? When was the last time you managed to outcompete other men in a club and brought a girl home leaving them with nothing?
I am asking because I did all that (well except escaping lockdowns), back when colleges were still vibrant.
Risk taking is correlated with all the above. It takes arrogance to start or takeover a company, you have to fight and push the barriers, you don't get to have selective arrogance which only applies to one realm of life.
- fallingfrog 4y ago[flagged]
- I_DRINK_KOOLAID 4y agoJust by the tone of this response I can infer that you did not People with healthy levels of arrogance and self-confidence don't talk in such a poised manner pivoting against other demographics when questioned about how they fare at the micro level.
- dang 4y agoWould you please stop perpetuating flamewars on HN? You've already been doing it a ton with this new account. That's not cool—it's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for, and we ban accounts that do it. If you want to have inflammatory arguments about sensational and divisive topics, please do that somewhere else. We want curious conversation here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dang 4y agoYou crossed repeatedly into personal attack and name-calling in this thread. That's not allowed, and we ban accounts that do it, regardless of how wrong or annoying another commenter is or you feel they are. Would you please review the site guidelines and use HN as intended? We'd appreciate it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Note also the one about not using HN for political or ideological battle. That's also not what this site is for—regardless of what you're battling for or against. Edit: we've already had to warn you about this quite a few times. Please fix this so we don't have to ban you. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24895885 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24895885 (Oct 2020) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23736216 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23736216 (July 2020) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19335784 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19335784 (March 2019) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18748287 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18748287 (Dec 2018)
- fallingfrog 4y agoI’m sorry dang! I’m such a sucker for when someone says something upsetting. My apologies. It just slowly escalated and I always take the bait. I feel bad.