The Mindset of the House

It’s exhausting being the house.

The house’s mindset is simple: I can learn from you, but you can’t learn from me. That information advantage—that information asymmetry—is what makes me the house.

The retail investor’s mindset is equally simple: You can learn from me, but I won’t learn from you. Because studying is so tiring, right? So they get harvested.

Ke Jie can’t beat AI at Go, and neither can you—so does that make you equal to Ke Jie? Does it? A professor can’t beat AI on an exam, and neither can you—so can you go straight from a vocational school diploma to a professorship? Can you?

Ke Jie can’t beat AI at Go, and neither can you, yet he’s still the champion, still raking in endorsements, while you’re still turning screws on an assembly line. The professor can’t beat AI on an exam, and neither can you, yet he’s still a professor, while you’re still delivering food.

You’re being pushed into becoming a tool because you can’t compete with your fellow humans—don’t you see?