For Category IV people out there, I think the key takeaway from the whole article is actually in an almost throwaway phrase down the bottom:
> One evening, at a dinner with a few other abolitionists, ...
Category IV success is only achievable in groups or teams. And our education and capital systems, as well as our social and media systems, are increasingly pushing us towards more isolation:
- University graduates get earn more money with lower risk in consulting or finance than entrepreneurship (highlighted in the article)
- High level academia is basically an independent game from my understanding, with some exceptions like some security labs where the same people consistently work together
- Business structures tend to be designed for maximum specialisation and work extraction of the individual, not teams
- Third spaces are disappearing outside of work and home
- In-person relationships are being replaced with social media relationships and parasocial fandoms
- Politics is being replaced with drama
> But if that’s irritating to hear – and I imagine it might be – then by all means, prove me wrong. I have learned that there are always exceptions, and I want to show that you can be that exception. It’s never too late to step up.
It seems the author may not be aware of this though, and ultimately just ends up selling a different brand of individualist grindset.
> One evening, at a dinner with a few other abolitionists, ...
Category IV success is only achievable in groups or teams. And our education and capital systems, as well as our social and media systems, are increasingly pushing us towards more isolation:
- University graduates get earn more money with lower risk in consulting or finance than entrepreneurship (highlighted in the article)
- High level academia is basically an independent game from my understanding, with some exceptions like some security labs where the same people consistently work together
- Business structures tend to be designed for maximum specialisation and work extraction of the individual, not teams
- Third spaces are disappearing outside of work and home
- In-person relationships are being replaced with social media relationships and parasocial fandoms
- Politics is being replaced with drama
> But if that’s irritating to hear – and I imagine it might be – then by all means, prove me wrong. I have learned that there are always exceptions, and I want to show that you can be that exception. It’s never too late to step up.
It seems the author may not be aware of this though, and ultimately just ends up selling a different brand of individualist grindset.