Also I'm fascinated how in those days, in the US, anything was a business. Any microscopic hurdle can be turned into profit by selling your experience and whatever little trick you found to gain whatever little edge.

We're people, stop trying to have skills to win a spot in society.

This is all fear induced, because we all feel like we need a spot in the social tissue. But playing that game makes you often very shallow.

There's a lot to say about social dynamics and these are only the beginning and in the end it doesn't provide real value: long term quality bonds.