Jacob Savage
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We proceeded through this decade of our careers as if we had a chance.
And I think that that is the sort of...
true tragedy, because you could have, you could have, you know, I could have gone into tech, I could have gone into some other thing that provided a life for me and my family.
And I, you know, in the end of the article, I blame myself for not doing that, because I think it was, you know, I knew what was happening, and I didn't want to accept it.
And I think a lot of people feel the same way.
I think there are ways around it.
And I think you've seen a lot of ways around it, that people who are smart and inventive have
It doesn't mean that it's good that it happened, if that makes sense.
I think, you know, I think it is a personal thing for sort of everyone.
Personally, the way I look at it is, you know, I have two young sons who I love dearly.
And I think if I had made it in Hollywood in 2016, I'm not sure they would exist.
And I think my life would be in a lot of ways worse had, you know.
So I think you have, the life that you, where you are right now is where you are right now.
And I think you can be angry about it.
But I think...
I think the perspective of being able to say that this happened and I'm going to do my best to live my life as a good person without being consumed by...
rage and you can fight against it and you can create alternate institutions.
One of the critiques of the article that I read from the right that I find interesting but I think is not quite right is
You know, who cares about these institutions anyway?
They're all just filled with, you know, rabid leftists.