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Aaron Nesmith-Beck

Post below with something you really wanted, but then when you got it you realized it wasn't as good as you thought it'd be

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Becoming high status (in several microcommunities)

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I wonder and somewhat expect this runs true all the way up the status ladder

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I suspect it gets much worse the higher status you are – imagine how many people per day try to get Elon's time & attention

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Yeah, exactly, this post from

was pretty eye opening for me tim.blog/2020/02/02/rea (like one of these alone would be terrible, e.g. risk of kidnapping or someone sending you a suicide video)

11 Reasons Not to Become Famous (or "A Few Lessons Learned Since 2007") - The Blog of Author Tim...

I felt like I somehow needed fame. In retrospect, there was a lot of self-loathing from tough childhood experiences, and I desperately hoped that love from without (i.e., from masses of other people)...

9:21 PM · Jan 11, 2022