TL;DR
Whom am I speaking to? Who is this going to help?
My Practical Experience
My Mind Dump.
There’s no real rhyme or reason to this post; this is still a developing idea.
I think back to how big minds like Ray Dalio and Naval Ravikant think; they don’t see things as good or bad, but more in the framework of evolution.
In evolution, our environment determines the genes and traits we exhibit.
In the US, it seems like the possibility of earning a lot of money is possible, but through specific niches. For example, it seems like entertainment and sex are among the highest paid industries.
The above image is the post that sparked me to make this post. In this Instagram Short, Codie Sanchez talks about an 8-figure (in the ten million ($10,000,000) plus range) Only Fans creature.
Her name is Amouranth, and she started out as a top Twitch streamer in the US. As shown in the above image, her Twitch platform served as a funnel for other sources of income multipliers.
The interesting part is how Amouranth used her income to invest in other types businesses; these include stable sources (gas stations, management agencies, etc) as well as riskier, but higher return companies (e-commerce startups, inflatable companies, etc.)
The main takeaway is similar to what Naval mentioned before: we could either play the virtue game, where we tell people that “Only Fans” is immoral, or we can acknowledge that someone like Amouranth played the wealth game. She was not concerned about appearing good, rather she used her assets (beauty and online presence) in an environment that highly encourages sex and entertainment–leading her to her 8-figure wealth.
I’m not here to judge her morally; I’m here to observer the connection between evolutionary environment and money–this is a case of an organism maximizer her fitness.