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Really enjoyed this, thanks Paul. Related hard to the mindset inequality segment. Still debugging the risk aversion in me. The maths skills map is hilarious.

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> One thing I’ve learned from talking to hundreds of people about work and taking unconventional paths is that the biggest fears are always related to identity.

I just discovered a person named Aella on Twitter and Substack yesterday. She has a GREAT essay called “decoding the elites” or something similar about her experience being from a working class background and mingling at high end elite parties. It’s an excellent essay generally and it’s really insightful if you’re interested in that clash of worlds.

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