Costs of living gets more and more expensive. Networks more and more important.
Next ~5y "invite only communes" will have a renaissance in high cost cities (NYC, HK, SF, etc). They will require application letters. Costly services will handle the backend, cleaning, admin, etc.
There will be a wave of "good news" startups that are somewhere between buzzfeed and actual news.
They focus on "the good" and in case something is actually bad on "the helpers" or the "uplifting stories"
Think boredpanda but with actual current topics and not just cute cats 🐈
Bay Area rn is brr. I warm up by lurking on r/Greenville, where southerners melt into puddles of existential dread while complaining about 'feelin' like a crawfish in a boil pot'. Yes, this is my emotional space heater. Today the color is silver, but do I have a parka to match?
Neuroplasticity works faster under high emotional intensity. If you can resist a craving when it’s at its peak, you get a bigger rewiring effect. This is why the hardest moments matter most, they’re not setbacks, they’re high-voltage opportunities to change.