[winternett]

Following your dreams is directly linked to your ability to obtain funding.

This world has major problems in grasping different perspectives of others than the ones we're born with. When I do speeches for younger audiences, I always remind them to consider perspectives other than the ones they were raised in. It's baffling how many people walk around thinking that their perspective is fair to impose on everyone.

I think a lot of our current problems, especially wealth inequality, racism, and wars are driven by dreamers that only see their own personal vision, while also being driven by total blindness to the other perspectives affected around them.

I personally learned over many years and setbacks to live like a fisherman, not investing fully into any one category, just casting my reel in different spots and seeing if anything "bites"... If success bites, I fish in that area more, hoping that I will find enough success.

So far, I've mostly found success in embracing all the things I don't enjoy doing in order to fund the things I do enjoy... From my experience, most people (those not born into wealth & priviledge) don't earn great money unless they dive into doing things they don't enjoy...

I think it's important to be practical about it all.

[crackercrews]

> I think a lot of our current problems, especially wealth inequality, racism, and wars

How are "dreamers" who see their own vision driving racism? We're talking about jobs and entrepreneurship here. In that context how has someone's vision been the driver of racism?

[cambaceres]

How do you connect racism to people following their own personal vision? Wouldn't that imply that all human phenomena result from individuals pursuing their personal visions?

[em-bee]

it would seem so.

the problem is that our dreams and visions are not created on a blank sheet, but they are the outcome of our upbringing and our influences. which is why some people don't develop any dreams at all when they grow up.

racism connects to visions by these people growing up in a racist environment and developing their life vision based on that.

this again brings me back to daryl davis https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40347671 who was essentially able to change the vision of people because that vision wasn't built on a strong foundation to begin with. as is true for most peoples visions and dreams.

visions and dreams are developed within the context of the communities that we join. at least all mine were. but none of those visions were work related. and how could they be? for a work related vision i needed to be in a work environment. only when i started working, i began to develop visions on how my career could develop. every work vision before that was a fantasy with little grounding in reality. it was only later that i was able to develop specific goals for my life. and even those were not defining. i had a very general vision for my life, but the things i do now didn't appear in any of my visions because until i was able to do them i had no idea that this was possible. on the other hand, some of the things that were in my original vision did become a reality. (but this may be survivorship bias, i probably forgot about the things i envisioned but was not able to do)

the more i think about it, the more i believe that we should not get attached to our dreams, because they are built on a very limited experience

and i also believe that the way to change our society including the elimination of racism and prejudices is to help each individual to develop a better life vision.

[winternett]

Agreed, I think the word "bias" kind of depicts the issue better in some cases... Bias, detailing an upbringing that is devoid of knowing, respecting, being conscious of, and considering cultures outside of one's own...

I don't think it becomes the larger (societal-level) instance of racism until it is willfully and intentionally applied towards holding others of a specific race down, or discriminating against the race of others in esteem.

[em-bee]

yes. racism, bias, prejudice are all just variations of the same problem in different intensity

[P_I_Staker]

I think this was just part of the main script. "People don't mix together", "if we give to their there won't be enough for mine", "can't they just figure it out themselves"

The idea of letting white people flourish based on their own merits (and they have the keys to the castle, the government, economy behind it) was the centerpiece of modern discrimination.

Unequal separation to benefit whites was certain people's personal visions. Although, what's being lost here is it's more a class of people in their vision for the group.

Ironically things like love and bonding might be related... but that's a conversation for another day.

[winternett]

Personal perspective is influenced by personal bias, we all have it.

Our dreams often include the participation of others, the may account for diversity, but often do not. As Elon pushes an anti-DEI narrative on his "dream" ventures (Like Twitter and Tesla) a lot, it's just one example of how racism (consciously or not) manifests in harmful ways, and can affect the lives of others negatively.

[P_I_Staker]

What you're talking about is a stunning inability to empathize with different circumstances that is a trademark human trait. We have limited ability to empathize beyond: self -> people just like us -> family -> friends

As soon as you leave self it gets tricky, and only harder the more different and detached. It is shocking to see in light of modern morals. In fairness the idea of empathizing with differing peoples is a relatively new virtue; at least to place a high value on this is new.

Honestly, these types of things cause me existential dread. It's just so disheartening to see smart and caring people constantly turn into psychopaths over the slightest difference.

Every time you think they've figured it out, only to be let down later. It's one thing not to SEE it, but they never understand, even after explanation. You practically have to get them to take a college course before they "get it" (poorly, but they sorta understand now).