Wealthy parents are now spending $10,000 getting neuropsychologists and gastroenterologists to diagnose their children in order to get unlimited breaks and extra time during tests.
At Jericho High School, the 9th best high school in NY, and 109th nationally, 20% of students took advantage of this, a number far higher than what statistics would predict.
From tutors to faking ADHD or IBD, when will the arms race stop?
Apparently our 30s and 40s are the most unhappy years. Is it true in your case?
What strategies have you employed to stay happy during these demanding years?
I remember as teens and early 20s, most of my friends didn’t care much about it.
Now? It seems like for most people it’s the most important aspect of their lives.
When and why did it change?
Phrenology is actually real: babies with larger heads end up as more intelligent adults.
Teach men to hate and distrust women, and they’ll select themselves out of the dating pool.
Teach women to hate and distrust men, and the same happens.
The winners are those who do not get influenced by it. Less competition.
Send your frenemies Andrew Tate or extreme feminism content, and sit back and enjoy! They’ll believe they’re getting empowered, but they’re actually getting castrated.
People talk about the ticking clock for women, but never mention that this clock is even worse for men.
Yes, you can still biologically have babies when you’re older. Be able to? Not unless you’re rich.
In your 20s, you either focus on money, or you learn to treat women better. Preferably both.
35 year old millionaire who respects women? 100% will have babies.
Other than school rankings, what other criteria do Millennials use to evaluate whether a neighborhood is good or not?
Other than school rankings, what other criteria do you use?
Other than school rankings, what are other signs you’re buying into a good area?
If you need your wife to work, you’re not a real man. If she works, it’s because she chooses to, not because she has to.
Someone who put 20% down would’ve had an 85% annual return. Crazy.
If you want your kids to be productive, here’s what’s important. Being a responsible person ranks first.
It was a huge trend among millennial parents a few years ago, and the results haven’t been pretty. What’s the new parenting trend today?
Many people believe that by renting you avoid paying those things. That’s not true. The landlord is there to turn a profit, not subsidize you. Whenever property taxes increase, those costs are passed down to the renter in the form of a rent increase. Same for maintenance and insurance.
No matter if you have millions in investments, if you look poor, people will think you’re poor. It’s just human nature to judge people by their appearance. No one’s going to think “oh, they might be a millionaire next door”. That just doesn’t happen, except maybe for some very autistic people.
A millionaire who dresses poorly will be treated worse by society than a broke person with a shiny car and designer clothes.
Wise people know when to bluff appearing richer than you actually are, and when to hide your wealth.
Higher income taxes, high earners like lawyers and doctors bear the burden. The top 1% escape because they get paid in capital gains, carry, and dividends.
Diversity based college admissions take away spots from high performing kids who get in through merit. They don’t decrease the number of legacy admits.
All this just churns who gets to make six figures. Those in power are completely insulated.
Most “tightwads”, according to a University of Michigan study, experienced financial precarity growing up. This leads to a scarcity mindset that persists throughout life.
Depriving your children financially is one of the best ways to ensure they’ll be risk-averse and less confident in all areas of life as an adult.
Less competition for college, housing, jobs, opportunities in life for their kids. As a parent, it’s strategic to discourage others from having children.
Winning is about playing smart, not working hard. Eliminate the competition right from the start. The best way to do that is to encourage other women to focus on career and money, to tell them all men are bad and can’t be trusted, to discourage them from having children. And if they want kids, tell them it’s okay to have children in their 30s, so their kids have worse genetics than yours. All this compounds.
Less competition for college, housing, jobs, opportunities in life for their kids. As a parent, it’s strategic to discourage others from having children.
Productivity is about playing smart, not working hard. The best way to do that is to encourage other women to focus on career and money, to tell them all men are bad and can’t be trusted, to discourage them from having children who’ll compete with yours. And if they want kids, tell them it’s okay to have children in their 30s, so their kids have worse genetics than yours. All this compounds.