What Big Lie has most significantly screwed up your life, and when did you realize it was a lie?
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That a mysterious benefactor would come out of the woodwork to save my ass rather than me doing it on my own.
April.
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always told that i was very smart. i never learned how to study or break things into tasks because i didn't need to. realized after HS.
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startup meritocracy narrative. I was always skeptical, but it seemed worth a try anyway.
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"the best chance at a happy life is obtained by trying as hard as I can to be good" ~ 2014
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That all people are redeemable. Realization seeing friends & family do bad actions repeatedly with zero shame.
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That I can do anything
When my father and I failed at a family business
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Progress is inevitable (like Hegel wanted it to be).
2005-2007 (took a while to wake up; housing bubble's pop helped a lot)
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That people will "grow up" and become mature adults. No... I think most people stay pretty much the same and actually just grow older.
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