getting lost was simply the understanding that “the world has become larger than your knowledge of it. - Paul Millerd

most interesting work simply doesn't pay well

if your starting assumption is that you can do interesting /creative work, and make great money and life a comfortable life, you probably just wont end up doing all that much that is interesting

deferred joy doesn't work

grinding now and embracing pain for a theoretical future payoff incurs far more psychological debt than people think

I suspect the debt compounds too

you are not at war against social media - you are at war against yourself