On one hand, everyone I've ever known is either rich and isolated on a virtual island and afraid of interacting with the people who aren't... or doing just fine while hating the people who are rich and isolated on a virtual island because morals were involved... or broke.
The dot com boom was really cool. I'm driving home one day and I get a phone call from a friend of mine. He is out with a vendor at Sundance in Palo Alto. He really wants me to join him because when a vendor takes you out, it gives you an opportunity to be an asshole. I needed to prove a point. I am going to show up, order a salad, and pay for myself. Me showing up and having someone someone pay for me for no reason whatsoever would be totally inappropriate.
I showed up, ordered a salad and sipped on the glass of wine I was offered. With tax/tip, etc, a 20 dollar bill would have covered the side salad I ordered. When the bill came, I realized that the glass of wine in front of me cost more than rent in most places. I chugged what was left and let the sales guy pay the check.
The dot com boom was really cool. But unlike everyone else, I can still go to bed at night :)
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