But note the hidden costs. Climbing the social ladder can trade of against building things. Learning all the Berkeley vibes can trade of against, eg., learning the math actually useful for understanding agency.
This feels like a surprisingly generic counterargument, after the (interesting) point about ladder climbing. “This could have opportunity costs” could be written under every piece of advice for how to spend time.
In fact, it applies less to this posts than to most advice on how to spend time, since the OP claimed that the environment caused them to work harder.
(A hidden cost that’s more tied to ladder climbing is Chana’s point that some of this can be at least somewhat zero-sum.)
This feels like a surprisingly generic counterargument, after the (interesting) point about ladder climbing. “This could have opportunity costs” could be written under every piece of advice for how to spend time.
In fact, it applies less to this posts than to most advice on how to spend time, since the OP claimed that the environment caused them to work harder.
(A hidden cost that’s more tied to ladder climbing is Chana’s point that some of this can be at least somewhat zero-sum.)