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Erik
@eriks
access to opportunity is expanding rapidly across the globe today i likely don’t need to live in the usa - my home country - to maximize my opportunity, 5 yrs ago i don’t think i would have said the same not only do i believe i have equal or close to equal opportunity living in many other countries, ironically i feel i may have more opportunity bc 1. the cost of living is drastically less in most places relative to even mid/small tier us cities, freeing up capital to invest in opportunities 2. many countries are on steep upward trajectories, by experiencing various places firsthand not only does it help create global mindset, it likely also provides more ability to discover and capture outsized opportunities all of this said, i still believe there is tremendous upside and opportunity for ppl in the states too, especially those who take a global mindset - many are already doing this overall, i see all of the above as positive sum 🌱
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eirrann | he/him
@eirrann.eth
Would that be your experience if you were born today outside the US or another similarly affluent country? This seems like a privilege we have because of where we come from. I know for a fact that if I were born as poor I was in the US 40-odd years ago somewhere else today, the odds of success would be stacked against me.
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Erik
@eriks
to answer ur question, i don’t believe it would be, but i also don’t know that for certain to your second point i completely agree and that privilege/luck is something i often contemplate to earn in dollars is a big advantage and there was built in opportunity from being born here that can be true, while it can also be true that there could very likely be better opportunities elsewhere now, in my og cast purely talking about as it stands today for me and potentially many other ppl from the states
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eirrann | he/him
@eirrann.eth
On the flip side, I think the US can often be a land of greater opportunity for people born elsewhere who have the determination, drive and ambition to make it through the gauntlet of our broken immigration system, than for some of our fellow citizens who take what privileges we are born with for granted and fail to similarly apply themselves. These are things I try to keep in mind as I navigate life, work and fatherhood. I agree that people like us could often benefit from moving somewhere with a lower cost of living if we could maintain our earning power we have here, provided that we can find a means of getting residency there.
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Erik
@eriks
completely agree on all points, the upside potential here is enormous and that likely isn’t changing anytime soon the great thing about opportunities expanding globally is we all have more freedom to choose, including the ppl who may have come here and instead now feel they have close to equal opportunity where they are from or elsewhere
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