There are no emotions between humans, only interests.
If you can't rank at the top by following the crowd, you may miss development opportunities and lag one or two steps behind in everything.
Of course, life has a great margin for error. Even if you made mistakes in the first half, you still have a chance to turn things around—provided you're willing to take action.
Never getting into a good university — or even a high school — is never the end of the game. It's just the beginning. It's the start of you entering the game of the market, arriving at the real world earlier than those heading to ivory towers.
The real game is to quickly build cases that outperform the market.
Either people have already made enough money, or it’s a sign the economy is bad—meaning many folks can’t find legitimate ways to make a living.
It all comes down to how easy it is to monetize. The easier it is to monetize, the safer it is.
People are the essence of life, so as the birth rate declines, the number of newborns will only continue to shrink, the pool of takers will dwindle, population will regress, and the wave of business closures will increasingly loom.