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There is also the fact that you need to get along with the other monkeys in your tribe, no matter how neurotic and panicky they may be.
by olefoo 18y ago
There is also the fact that you need to get along with the other monkeys in your tribe, no matter how neurotic and panicky they may be.
- unalone 18y agoThat's why it's very, very important to make sure you've got a good tribe to begin with.
- randallsquared 18y agoBut it's very, very costly to switch tribes for most people, so by the time they're thinking about that, it's too late.
- unalone 18y agoCostly? Really? Perhaps it takes some time, but the switch itself happens pretty quickly, if people are willing to put up with some hard times as they adjust.
- randallsquared 18y agoI think most people would rather start over with no possessions at all than drop almost everyone they know and try to make all new social connections. In fact, I think most people would rather start off with no net worth and their entire net worth in debt than do that.
- olefoo 18y agoThis is something that changes as you grow older, when you have commitments to family members, to career goals or whatever. You think twice about creating new problems that don't need to be problems in the first place.
- unalone 18y agoOkay, fair enough. Perhaps I have too youthful a perspective on this right now, when my circle of friends largely changes once a semester.