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Mindset Inequality: The New Gap Between the Haves the Have Nots
The following is an excerpt, Chapter 2, from my new book — Real Help: An Honest Guide to Self-Improvement
“The distant future is small free cities with drone armies and skill-based immigration policies, surrounded by a sea of failed socialist states. — Naval Ravikant”
The year is 2077. The divide between the haves and the have nots has grown so wide that the aristocracy has fled from all developed nations. What happened? See, over time, the world grew more chaotic, outraged, and pretentious, even though in relative terms, societies and nations had never been so abundant.
Political infighting increased. People got more restless, depressed, addicted, etc. With each election year came more extreme populism from all sides. Kennedy’s quote “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country” would be laughable in this era’s populace. To the masses, the equation has flipped entirely.
The self-actualized people in these societies wanted to help. Really, they did. They pointed to technological progress, opportunities, and resources people could use. Their message was turned away. Sure, there were some who got lucky and inherited their…
