Biggest thing I’ve learned in the last 2 months: the basic currency of civilized life is time in a crisis, and it is *very* expensive Years of foresight work buy you days to weeks at most in a crisis Millions/billions of preparedness dollars buy you months at most ...
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People learn this in any situation where you can’t but lose time. Eg: when a loved one has a terminal illness. (Also I’m guessing if one could contemplate ones death vividly enough.) The next realization is that these moments happen all the time and you’ll waste most of em. :)
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It’s also an opportunity for people with strong stomachs.
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And appetites Very few people want a lot, and badly enough, to risk more than necessary to just survive
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