Ughhhhh this one hits personally for me. Er, not EXACTLY for me, but I know way too many people who bought into or have successfully become these business guru conmen. And they genuinely believe it and have succeeded from it. The thing is, you have to be a very... specific... type of person to succeed in this. A type of person with very few morals and knows how to get into the good graces of other successful conmen.
I hate it.
I hate it so much.
All these tech startup young billionaire CEOs? They genuinely believe that what they are doing is right and worldchanging and the lifeless grind paid off cause they're the specialist most amazing big boys, and don't realize that they have lost incredibly important things along the way (or never had it to begin with). Respect for other humans, non-fiscal/transactional socializing, general common knowledge, and humility, to name just a few. I'm glad this kid managed to realize and escape this before he lost those too
Am I jealous of them? Maybe. I'm jealous that they have so much money and so few thought for others that they can see the state of the world right now and think absolutely nothing of it (or actively make it worse). I'm jealous that they know so little outside their particular rich people sphere that they do not care about others at all. I'm jealous that they are so decisive and secure in their personal gains that they no longer need to fear the future or those that propped them up falling in the process. But then I look at my interests I love, the non-grind related skills I cultivated, and my genuine friends and human connections, and I feel much richer than they will ever be. I can't be envious of being unable to care, no matter how much pain comes with it