Ben Gilbert: belief

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…The world has never been this equitable. But people want to spread a narrative that the world is unfair. I watched why the world becomes so fair, so just, and so much information and opportunity become available that I'm like, wait a second, I could never figure out how a term sheet worked. Nobody would share their term sheet. Now there are a thousand videos and blog posts on how to negotiate your term sheet. The world is still unfair. I think the key insight is to recognize that the world is unfair. Actually what that is, is a game on the field and figure out how to play the game on the field. Sure. But I mean, it's never been more fair. The world is unfair, true statement. And in America, it's never been more fair. Google has five courses online. I think it's called Grow with Google or something, where they're teaching how to be a UX designer, how to do this, how to do that, and it's free so that they can get more people to apply for jobs. The average job entry salary for these things is like $80,000. I find this very weird in the world. I think there's like a group of people who want the world to be more unfair than it actually is because it makes them feel more virtual signaling good.…

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