How Much Does Environment Matter

Without the internet, you’d never know what kind of world the working class really lives in, or how hard it is to climb the social ladder—and that ladder has multiple levels.

A single comment from someone around you, if you don’t think it through, can lock in your life’s outcome. Surrounded by people who have no upward aspirations, no long-term goals, and no time to think about the future, all you learn is immediate gratification—and that destroys any chance of building something lasting.

Poverty is like a silent killer—always lurking.