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by aianus 3054 days ago
Why can't you do this now? Three months of software contract work is more income than 99% of the planet earns in a year.
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I wish I could learn Computer Science like Neo in The Matrix. ;) I would love to have such a brain to accomplish a year salary in 3 mo
Not saying he couldn't do it now, but 99% of the planet lives in undesirable situations.
Undesirable from our perspective perhaps, but also not quite the same, or as bad as, what we might imagine.

See this website: dollarstreet.org.

Looking at the photos of some of the poorest places, I suppose they're undesirable from my perspective now, but if I moved there and lived there long enough and adapted, I could see myself finding contentment with less.