[sobani]

I don't see anything in the article close to implying that you should drop people who are down on their luck.

All I read is: If you talk a lot with finance oriented people, don't be surprised if you start thinking in finance oriented ways.

To give a different example from me personally: For a while I read red pill material, because I thought I could take lessons from it, while dismissing all the women hating parts as I had no reason to be angry with women. Guess what: if you read about a lot of anger towards women, you become angry towards women yourself as well!

So the lesson I took from that was: pick your peer group wisely because you’re giving them write access to both your conscious thoughts and your entire worldview.