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As someone who lived in “unpredictable environment “ in the 90s in Russia the correct statement would be: So if you live in an unpredictable environment, it's b

As someone who lived in “unpredictable environment “ in the 90s in Russia the correct statement would be: So if you live in an unpredictable environment, it's better to just move to a predictable environment. I saw a lot more people saving for the future rather than spending it all, which I surprisingly found the other way around in Canada, which is a predictable environment.

zanellato19 2y ago
> As someone who lived in “unpredictable environment “ in the 90s in Russia the correct statement would be: So if you live in an unpredictable environment, it's better to just move to a predictable environment. I think _everyone_ would take that opportunity if it was presented. Or at least most people.
jkolio 2y ago
Your environment was predictable, in that savings up enough would likely give you the option to move out. There are places where saving up enough money to leave your unpredictable environment unpredictably ends with you drowned in the Mediterranean, or in limbo short of your intended destination, or shipped back to where you spent so long trying to leave, in addition to the "success" case.
- cryptoegorophy 2y ago
  I guess it depends on the meaning of predictable? We couldn’t predict 1 usd = 5rub would turn into 1usd =25rub almost overnight. My parents had friends in business killed (sadly not predictably) so it was unpredictable when it would be their turn.
__jonas 2y ago
Kind of interesting, because what happened in Russia in the 90s specifically with privatisation of UDSSR assets through vouchers is almost comparable to the marshmallow test on a superficial level.. > The vouchers, each corresponding to a share in the national wealth, were distributed equally among the population, including minors. They could be exchanged for shares in the enterprises to be privatized. Because most people were not well-informed about the nature of the program or were very poor, they were quick to sell their vouchers for money, unprepared or unwilling to invest. [1] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privatization_in_Russia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privatization_in_Russia

zanellato19 2y ago

> As someone who lived in “unpredictable environment “ in the 90s in Russia the correct statement would be: So if you live in an unpredictable environment, it's better to just move to a predictable environment. I think _everyone_ would take that opportunity if it was presented. Or at least most people.

jkolio 2y ago

Your environment was predictable, in that savings up enough would likely give you the option to move out. There are places where saving up enough money to leave your unpredictable environment unpredictably ends with you drowned in the Mediterranean, or in limbo short of your intended destination, or shipped back to where you spent so long trying to leave, in addition to the "success" case.

cryptoegorophy 2y ago
I guess it depends on the meaning of predictable? We couldn’t predict 1 usd = 5rub would turn into 1usd =25rub almost overnight. My parents had friends in business killed (sadly not predictably) so it was unpredictable when it would be their turn.

__jonas 2y ago

Kind of interesting, because what happened in Russia in the 90s specifically with privatisation of UDSSR assets through vouchers is almost comparable to the marshmallow test on a superficial level.. > The vouchers, each corresponding to a share in the national wealth, were distributed equally among the population, including minors. They could be exchanged for shares in the enterprises to be privatized. Because most people were not well-informed about the nature of the program or were very poor, they were quick to sell their vouchers for money, unprepared or unwilling to invest. [1] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privatization_in_Russia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privatization_in_Russia