1/ It is easy to derive selfishly optimal actions given any status quo. You don't need complicated math. There are generally well-known solutions to the problem of living that get crystallized in empirically-verifiable clichés and aphorisms.
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7/ But, the real story is that almost everyone I entrepreneur I meet here can play the startup lottery endlessly; using skills generally acquired because coding/engineering/entrepreneurship is fun; while reaping stupendous rewards by exploiting some aspect of the status quo.
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8/ They're generally not swimming against the current. They're surfing it.
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9/ Tech isn't inherently bad or good. And new tech can and does change the world! But if you fail to recognize your motivations & reality while relying upon heroic delusions, you're just propagating that bullshit — and the status quo — into a future with more gadgets.
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