August 6, 2012
The Trillion Dollar Lies
by James Altucher
JamesAltucher.com
I feel bad. I feel like a sucker. Like one by one I fell for every lie. I talk about “don’t do this”, “don’t do that”, and yet I fell for all of them. I’ve been in everything from a cult to the cult of homeownership, the cult of college, the cult of sex, the cult of drugs, every cult imaginable, the cult of corporate safety, the cult of money. Why couldn’t I just be smart from the beginning? Why does it take stupidity to become smart? Or maybe I’m still stupid. Who knows?
Let’s do one of those psychology tests where I ask you something and you say the first word that comes to mind. Here’s the usual responses I get after years of doing this:
•Me: Home ownership. Other: “Roots”
•Me: College: Other: “Good job”
•Me: Good war. Other: “World War II”
•Me: Success. Other: “Fame and money”
•Me: Iran. Other: “They want to kill all the jews”.
•Me: Voting. Other: “Doing something for your country”.
Read the full article (url at the bottom) for discussion of the following trillion dollar lies:
Home ownership
college
Insurance
“The War against Terrorism”
“We need to invade Iran before they invade Israel!”
“I won’t be happy unless I’m successful or famous”.
You wake up every morning with a clean slate.
The author missed a big one - Manmade Global Warming. I posted a comment to his article.
http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2012/08/the-trillion-dollar-lies/
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