I feel like there is powerful social conditioning in our society which prevents people who didn't succeed early from succeeding later. It's not about their work. At the end of the day, nobody can succeed in society without the stamp of approval from a bunch of elites. Like a big publisher, or a big social media influencer or a big media platform editor. Nowadays, it seems more than ever, that the elites all have to a…
Charlie Sheen was successful at age 20 in Platoon and has been a drug addict since.
Well that's not the contrapositive of my statement. Also, one case is not exhaustive either. It's possible to go down. My point is about moving up.