This idea applies to people in tech. The trick to lasting in this scene is to combine deep optimism about idea mazes (VR will work out! Crypto will work out!) with deep pessimism about people mazes.https://twitter.com/athomasq/status/647530232245784576?s=21 …
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I’d even say the primary economy of the tech scene is not tech at all. It’s the economy of cults, subcultures, loose guanxi nets, dealflow intel webs, etc. I call it people mazes because there is a lot of topological variety. What’s common to all the people mazes is the openness.
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All the atomized misfits from the entire world seem to land here and immediately dive into an orgy of self-organized connecting, trying to cram a decade or more of social starvation within months.
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If you actually want to just do interesting technical work outside of very narrow areas, you’re probably better off elsewhere. Come to Tech when you’re done with the actual tech part.
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tldr Idea mazes are undervalued in Tech, people mazes are overvalued
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