Re:Populism and the Economics of Globalization [pdf]
by Mikeb85 on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @01:51PM
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For the record, I have no doubt you worked very hard and that you deserve all the success you have.
I was only stating that it's impossible for all 7 billion people in the world to do what you did. The 'system' has its limits.
There's a reason why in statistics you throw away outliers...
Re:Populism and the Economics of Globalization [pdf]
by Swizec on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @02:20PM
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> There's a reason why in statistics you throw away outliers...
That's the thing. I'm not an outlier. It could be an effect of my social circle back home, but basically everyone has either moved out of the country, freelances for foreign companies, or works for foreign markets by proxy through a faux local startup/company whose investors and customers are abroad.
It's very much a "The whole generation is doing it because it's the only thing you can do"
Sure didn't feel lucky when I was a troubled youth who failed most of his classes in high school and floundered around in college, ultimately not graduating.
I guess one thing I did have that my American peers do not, is access to high quality free education and a cultural expectation that it's okay to be a student into your late 20s. I really lucked out on that one. That is true.