One of life's machinations is to make some people both rich and unhappy, that is, jointly fragile and deprived of hope. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Freedom is never free. It requires risk taking.

In a long career, I've (almost) never seen anyone get rich while employed (via bonuses/stock options, as w/bankers, CEOs, & rich slaves), & subsequently also make money on their own, in self employment. If you can't make it on your own, it's.

Those who use foul language on social networks (such as Twitter) are sending an expensive signal that they are free — and, ironically, competent. You don’t signal competence if you don’t take risks for it — there are few such low-risk strategies. So cursing today is a status symbol, just as oligarchs in Moscow wear blue jeans at special events to signal their power.