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> Most young people aren't that interesting.

They are not, but I think people will get better at realizing this the way many now know what it means for something to be "photoshopped" whether they can identify it and subsequently dismiss it or not.

I believe that physical "good" looks, analytical and social intelligence, trade and athletic skill, and artistic talent will eventually converge as our future "stars."




I worry that the norm is moving more towards specialist and away from generalist. Things have been pretty stable for a while. And people who invest ridiculous amounts of energy in stuff like the stock market or social media tend to get serious returns.

Those are not truly useful skills anywhere except this one ecosystem.


This could be because Of the relative concentration of these ideas.

We’re at the stock market has gotten competition from cryptocurrency’s, and social media becomes less service oriented and more of a layer.

Sort of like photoshop enthusiasts knew about and admired skill in the tool but the public generally had little familiarity.

As photo manipulation became common “photoshopped” as an idea was more commonly understood.




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