I think that is the most optimistic message you can think of every day: Everything is a scam. You see all of these different problems in the world, and you`re like, I don`t understand that thing. A lot of the reasons why people don`t go into different fields is that they think, `there`s this expert status around this field which means I can`t ever infiltrate it.` And the thing I want to remember every day is, `expertise is a scam.` It`s a power hierarchy that`s been created in the industry to prevent other people from getting into it. Academia is a scam. Venture capital is a scam. But: if you realize that, you can do anything. It reminds you that if you have high integrity and you want to go solve a problem, it will probably take you pretty far. Like, more far than playing the traditional game, which is a scam. Any game you want to play, just go play it. -- -Melissa ©

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