I recently read that cynical people can die 7 yrs easier and suffer from host of diseases . My burnout is mainly from cynicism towards the world.
My worldview is that you have to taken under the wing of an influential person( usually a white man) to go anywhere in the world.
for example, I just cannot get over the fact that Paul Graham knew within 3 minutes of meeting sam altman that he was going to the next bill gates and that he superpower was that he is 'Michael jordan of listening' . These are actual quotes, not parody. A totally unimpressive person like sam altman with no tangible accomplishments grifted his way to stratosphere because paul graham gave the teenager 4% stake in stripe for 15k, for what reason i don't know ( well i have some creepy guesses but i will keep them to myself).
I quote this example because a lot of ppl around here believe in meritocracy and are spinning their wheels with nothing to show for.
The easy solution for that is to not care if you're "in the stratosphere". Being too ambitious is setting oneself for failure and then for cynicism (because, by definition, only a few people can make it to the top, so your odds are very bad).
I'm just a regular guy like everybody else, but I don't envy people like Sam Altman or Paul Graham in the slighest. What they (in terms of money and success, influence etc.) have is just not that interesting to me, I'd much prefer having two more hours of good focus per day, than having a billion dollars (or however much they each have) - you can do much more interesting things with focus than with money.
My worldview is that you have to taken under the wing of an influential person( usually a white man) to go anywhere in the world.
for example, I just cannot get over the fact that Paul Graham knew within 3 minutes of meeting sam altman that he was going to the next bill gates and that he superpower was that he is 'Michael jordan of listening' . These are actual quotes, not parody. A totally unimpressive person like sam altman with no tangible accomplishments grifted his way to stratosphere because paul graham gave the teenager 4% stake in stripe for 15k, for what reason i don't know ( well i have some creepy guesses but i will keep them to myself).
I quote this example because a lot of ppl around here believe in meritocracy and are spinning their wheels with nothing to show for.