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by treerock 2437 days ago
> Find something that is of value to society and pays enough, then work everyday to be better and better at it until you reach your maximum potential, and you will be rewarded.

Unless society changes what it values, at which point you are fucked.

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Your passion for something can also fade, and then you are even more fucked. At least changes in society’s values happen gradually.