sombrero_john

Your personal experience does not line up with the empirical evidence at all.

Some people are (much) smarter than others. It sucks, but that's life.

Renting is perfectly fine. NYC has the strongest tenant protection laws in the country.

There are many teachers, social workers, and bartenders living on the UWS. Hardly the top 0.1%.

There are plenty of non-social-media time-wasters. Reddit, YouTube, and the site you're on right now are just some examples.

Way too much friction. I don't have the luxury of going "off the map" for a week.

You answered your own question. IT staff is expensive, a SaaS subscription less-so.

We are providing users with valuable features at a faster rate, saving them and us time, which is a far more valuable asset than "the user's battery, CPU, memory, bandwidth, the company's cloud costs and energy usage".

> Instead of writing better software, which might slow down development, just spend more money.

Except this is unironically a great value proposition.

You must be younger than 31 to qualify for training as an ATC: https://www.faa.gov/faq/what-are-age-requirements-individual...

> A comment I read about the study suggested the conclusion that men take more risks while women take bigger risks.

Or women's weaker musculoskeletal systems provide less protection against blunt force trauma?

Dig a little deeper into your dataset and you will find that the reason these people didn't end up homeless is because most of them have well-off / supportive families, trust funds, or Ivy League degrees.

That said I agree that people give in to fear too much, which prevents them from taking risks.

Most people don't know about the massive lawsuit.

Restaurants are more expensive than ever.

A well-designed product will sell better than a slightly-less-well-designed product

What kind of toll are you talking about?

Good enough for local development

OP is obviously ranting because they are frustrated and dejected. Have a little empathy.

lol

Those examples are different because they are not voluntary entrances into status limbo. They are just examples of loss of status.

Being the "fun" guy is cool up until about the age of 25, and even then you aren't really taken seriously in the dating world.

After that, a potential mate will take the stable, serious guy 9 times out of 10.

I call that "dating".

Just for fun -- make a Hinge profile and set your first picture to one of you in a white coat with a stethoscope around your neck.

Watch the likes pile up, and then come back and tell me that "no-one cares about status".

Everyone cares about status, consciously or subconsciously.

The ability to enter and exit "status limbo" is a sign of high status. Most people don't have the luxury of quitting their job to "explore something new".