you don't need to follow the same paradigm, you can invent a new paradigm. you don't need to build for the market, you can shape the market for what you build. you don't need to bend yourself to reality, you can bend reality to your own will.
life offers infinite pulp, its irrelevent where you are on the axis of money.
i love audiopen. it does one thing but it does it really really well.
understanding sheds the ego and so its hard. understanding is quiet, instantaneous & inarticulable. you will know it very well when you understand but wont be able to say a thing about it.
accept the limits of knowledge, respect nature & then act accordingly.
once the downsides become obvious & pretty clear, you stop chasing what is cool.
once you start seeing clearly it becomes impossible to participate again in society.
all my posts here are natural reactions. they come directly through me when i m going through my usual day with no prior preparation. i m sorry if you find it hard to make any sense, but then i m not writing for you.