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Here, found where the problem is > The thing I do best in the world in a professional sense is writing, so if I were to become rich, getting rich through writi
by bdjsiqoocwk 3y ago
Here, found where the problem is
> The thing I do best in the world in a professional sense is writing, so if I were to become rich, getting rich through writing seemed like the most likely way for me to do it.
Sad because a simple error in reasoning completely determines this guy's professional life. Rarely are cause and consequence this closely related.
Let me spell it out. Just because X is the thing you're best at, it doesn't follow that doing X maximizes your probability of getting rich.
- RandomLensman 3y agoHe is not making a general but a very specific statement about himself and even more specifically about his professional self, i.e., being good at professional(!) writing makes writing for him the most likely way to become rich. What should he have done given his skillset etc. to maximize the probability of getting rich/why was writing wrong/not a high probability move for him?
- bee_rider 3y agoHe’s pretty successful.