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The prison of financial mediocrity. The easiest thing to sell to a crowd like this is "hope", and when you understand this, you will understand the rise of the casinos (in all forms, dexes, prediction markets, etc) and the rise of trading gurus, business gurus, courses, and of course, substacks.

The prison of financial mediocrity. The easiest thing to sell to a crowd like this is "hope", and when you understand this, you will understand the rise of the casinos (in all forms, dexes, prediction markets, etc) and the rise of trading gurus, business gurus, courses, and of course, substacks.
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