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"Empathy is a terribly scarce commodity it seems." Not at all. The commenter was talking about something quite different than the article. The commenter was ta
by ahoyhere 14y ago
"Empathy is a terribly scarce commodity it seems."
Not at all. The commenter was talking about something quite different than the article. The commenter was talking about the kids from the midwest etc. who move to San Francisco to strike it rich on the sweet oil fields of VC, which is the opposite of being stuck there because you are too broke to move.
- eksith 14y agoI came to the U.S. for exactly the same reasons. I could have stayed where I was and lived a fairly comfortable life without too much worry, but there was gold in them hills and I aimed to get it. So, yeah, the situation described was pretty much the same. As I said... empathy.