I want to learn and get into stuff that can be potentially very lucrative for me and who better to ask then the forum whose users work on the cutting edge.
What do you predict is going to have the same enormous disruptive (and revolutionary) impact on us?
After a long, torturous and detailed recalling of my past, I have concluded without a doubt that I am exceptionally stupid, in decision-making, cognition, learning and functioning. Despite being decently privileged with parents encouraging a growth mindset and a focus on learning and hard work, I have been unable to accomplish or make any significant progress with any of my goals despite having all the resources for it. It appears that I am still a child from more than a decade ago who hasn't learnt anything from my experiences and mistakes.
I (suffer?) from forgetfulness, inaction, delusional years-long procrastination, inability to be consistent, slow thinking, wrong decisions, inability to learn from my mistakes, inability to self-regulate and what not. I have tested for any physiological deficiencies like blood tests which all appear normal. I also have an adequate, balance diet. These problems have existed even when I had an active lifestyle so exercise is not the solution imo.
It's like if a truck is racing towards me and despite knowing it will run over and kill me, I am either unable to move, procrastinating about moving thinking I can do it later, moving a few inches and then stopping or even forgetting that the truck is about to end me. And this is despite the truck has already run over me many times causing me great damage.
From a very objective, cold perspective, people like me are better off not existing but I would prefer not to take that step if there is a remedy for my malady. HN is probably the only place where I can receive some constructive advice and help on what I can do to eliminate or at least mitigate my vacuousness and stupidity. If you know of any solutions, no matter how controversial, please let me know. I need all the help I can get.
I have noticed a significant number of people here on HN and on reddit have learned programming and technical skills as children/adolescents and are brilliant at what they do, with great breadth and depth of knowledge studying at top notch universities and/or working at top tech firms and many running their own businesses too. This is true for other fields of study too like science, mathematics, economics and business where a lot of people either learn very quickly at young ages and on the other hand, there are many who start to learn very late and still become very proficient quite quickly.
I have also seen some people have remarkable people skills and business acumen, without having the familial background (which could explain their adeptness). You also have people working in FAANG and other such firms without a degree, while many others who also self learned or have a degree don't get a chance to work in such orgs.
What differentiates these people? Is it innate talent? Is it the ability to persevere and work hard? Is the ability to focus and work hard innate too?
