when I was a kid I promised myself I would get successful and learn about what it takes and what it’s like and share it with other people like myself
one of the saddest things to learn in high resolution is how/why friendships die when someone succeeds, even with no bad intent
one of the saddest things to learn in high resolution is how/why friendships die when someone succeeds, even with no bad intent
even if everyone is thoughtful, kind, tries to be there for each other etc, there’s a disparity that emerges in the stakes people live with, the costs of each person’s actions. you can still be civil to each other but you are no longer peers n cannot relate to each other as such
you start having different threat models, different cost/benefit analyses to your every action, you can’t even bitch and whine about the same things anymore (and if you try too hard, even earnestly, it can come across as forced, fake, condescending)
this means that success will alienate you from your peer group, and of course alienation is dehumanizing, so by the transitive property-
https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1061174464283459585
hmm u know what
I think from a young age I always knew that my trajectory would be abnormal relative to my immediate peers
and that might be part of why I sought out long orbit friendships, because those are more robust/resilient to local destabilization
I think from a young age I always knew that my trajectory would be abnormal relative to my immediate peers
and that might be part of why I sought out long orbit friendships, because those are more robust/resilient to local destabilization
https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1602302107570216960
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