Comment by oglop
2 years ago
“Ultimately, initial conditions matter”
Whoa. Mind blown. Worth the infinite scroll and meandering presentation.
Condescending and pearl clutching read. I used the military to escape. Life’s tough, navel gazing and pushing college doesn’t help in the vast majority of cases. Everyone has adverse things happen, but not everyone makes the choice to start finding solutions.
Everything is a matter of probability. Resorting to survivorship bias even if that includes yourself is just spitting in the face of statistics.
Great point, getting away is an important step when you are stuck in an environment that causes more harm to you than good. I think one of the related issues is that it is difficult to get away when you are 14 or similar.