Agricultural bases, industrial bases, and investment/consumption bases. People naturally gravitate toward the latter—where returns are higher, that’s where they go. Robots, on the other hand, cluster in the former: labor-intensive locations.
Nobody says you have to finish an entire book. Don't be afraid to just dip into a book—there's no hierarchy in reading. Every little bit helps. Even reading one page can yield its own reward, and each small step forward brings its own joy.
Do you really have the patience, or are you just fooling yourself and everyone else?
Anyone who truly wants to succeed will accept defeat when it comes, think long-term, plan ahead, and prepare thoroughly for major upheavals.
But if you refuse to correct yourself in every detail, you’re just trying to coast on luck. You want to keep changing nothing and still get a good result.
Then why don’t you just go to a temple and pray to the Bodhisattva?