Re:468 Capital raises $400M to back European startups
by raverbashing on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @09:00AM
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For real, the feeling that "you can do it" is probably 80% of it
And I'll give it to you that the Irish are one of the least DIY people around Europe.
(though I can totally understand being enthusiastic about building a house in California weather vs. Irish)
It's complicated but I do feel like, at least comparing Ireland and California, there's a lot of tall-poppy syndrome going on. I told some Irish friends I wanted to build my own house and they thought I was crazy and said it was a terrible idea. I told some Californian friends* and they thought it was awesome and wanted to come help build it.
Learned helplessness is bad enough but we're outright _teaching_ helplessness to young people.
*disclaimer: they live in Oregon now