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Matt Smith @ Crisis Investing's avatar

It would be impossible to quantify all the value older generations have brought to my life.

And I happily do my part with those that follow me. It’s energizing to encounter a young man making waves in the world. We can’t help but root for them and provide aid when we think it will help.

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Michael Yon's avatar

Btw, Masako Ganaha from Japan is similar. Since she was young she preferred spending time with much older people, and she reads old books constantly. Brilliant Masako.

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Maxim Benjamin Smith's avatar

It’s easy to tell from her character that that is the case.

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Dan's avatar

"Differentiate yourself", I like that. I wonder how many of your peers will follow.

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Michael Yon's avatar

Is true. And thus I invest so much time with old books and older people and have for many years.

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Klaus Hubbertz's avatar

Congrats !!! 👍👍👍 🔥🔥🔥 (🧨🧨🧨)

- You successfully broke loose from state sponsored education (indoctrination),

- Now you're starting to break loose from peers of the same age-cohort (VERY important as this

generation has NO virtue, goals or any zest to build a liveable future !!)

and appreciating

- the extreme value of generations still alive luckily born before the current, man-made havoc,

- in addition to timeless knowledge to be found in Greek, Roman, Indian, Chinese and Muslim

literature of many centuries gone-by (Nobody invests a lot of time in putting his own

ideas/thoughts on paper if he isn't damned sure that penning them down is worth the

effort in order to make them virtually immortal (Mongol raids on Bagdad, firestorms in

Alexandria excluded ...)

- Next step is to become YOUR OWN measure-tape or digital caliper ...

Once, and only after you reached this stage, please be so kind as to let your readership know:

What is a GOOD life ??? ...

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David Chandler's avatar

Nice comments about the content here Max. I would like to add that your writing has also improved greatly over the last year.

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Maxim Benjamin Smith's avatar

Thank you, David.

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David Hawthorne's avatar

Well done. I was in Denver a few days ago. Wanted to look to up. But realized you were in Washington. I have been banging the Mentoring drum for 40 years.

College education (indoctrination) is very overrated. I would not recommend most schools/programs even if they were free of charge.

Keep preparing.

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The Root Cause's avatar

I am of The Depression era., a time when Americans were actually freer than today.

I try to pass on what I know and my experiences but I find few want to listen. Many American young - and not so young - people today are not open minded, they do not think for themselves, they are poorly educated, and they are addicted to electronic gadgetry, primarily cell ph9ones which they cannot see beyond. Most do not know physical work.

I try to advise them to forget their "passion" with a useless degree as a choice of what to study at college with its associated debt. Get a useful, decent income generating education first, there are many choices, then develop your "passion" as a sideline.

I suggest they take their first year's university tuition and travel or live in a foreign country. Learn about other people and their culture, don't try to change anything, just observe and learn. Pay attention to what you spend. If you run out of money, figure it out, you aren't allowed to ask for more from home. You may come home with an entirely different view of what is important and the education you need.

You may change course entirely and start a business from what you've learned.

In my opinion, people over 70 are the most undersold knowledge bank in the world.

But who listens?

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