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Young adults from Europe and US, when they go to third world country, they expect it to be as same as theirs.

The fact that it's less developed seems like a burden to these people.

Local culture/food is a hassel.

For example, they want the breakfast to be same as in their country. Dinner and lunch to be the same.

Why is it like that?

I messed up with life. I work in a niche and I feel like I can't catch up with progress. I earn fairly decent salary for where I live. If I lose this job, I won't have another one. I will be basically un-hireable. Currently, I am working for US client.

I understand research papers, I understand the code, but I can't replicate it in a week. It's very hard to replicate a paper even with source available. Then I read people praising blogs from someone who is barely getting started. It puts me in a situation where I question my whole existence. I do not know when and where I messed up. Am I just lazy? I am in front of a screen 12 hours a day. I am distracted. I have to work to meet my weekly quota. Focused work is 6-8 hours and remaining is unfocused work. It's very hard to get anything in life. Life feels so numb. AI is eating what I was skilled at. I started questioning if I ever learnt anything or just knew stuff.

To a developed world from the citizen of less developed country:

Where are we headed? This is a late night thought from where I live.

I saw a tweet earlier leading to: https://www.julian.ac/blog/2025/09/27/failing-to-understand-the-exponential-again/

Then from Scott: https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=9183

Then from Sohl-Dickstein: https://x.com/jaschasd/status/1972360405885637021

Seriously, to survive with high standard in low income country requires earning $2k/month. To save would require $4k/month.

With AI automating, the demands from low income country is service industry is most likely to be gone.

The unrest in SEA is in news everyday. This is a pattern emerging across different countries.

Immigration/Brain Drain to developed world exacerbated this condition.

I am genuinely interested in knowing where are we headed and what are we going to do?

What is the merit in being human?

What is the merit in all of this? Who is profiting? Humanity or the elites?

I am not considering jobs, or anything. Just wondering, what will the objective value of money be when this technology is realized in full effect.

With internet becoming increasingly homogeneous with their own ideals and thoughts, where can I discuss controversial topics?

Certain topics I am interested in post AGI world (the one where we are living); Mass wealth transfer to the billionaires at unprecedented speed; Lack of assets for middle class; death of middle class?

I'm a software developer with expertise in a highly specialized technical niche. By my estimation, only about 10,000-50,000 professionals worldwide possess comparable skills in this domain. While this specialization has served me well professionally, I'm concerned about several aspects of my career trajectory:

My knowledge depth is considerable but narrow, making it challenging to adapt to other domains due to time constraints. I've attempted to create educational content to share my expertise, but engagement has been minimal given the specialized nature of the subject matter. I'm increasingly concerned about long-term career sustainability, particularly as technologies evolve and the potential for automation increases.

I'm interested in building a more robust professional network and creating additional revenue streams while leveraging my specialized knowledge. Specifically:

How might I expand my professional network beyond my current technical niche? What strategies have worked for other specialized technologists in building a personal brand or distribution channel? How have others successfully transitioned from pure technical work to creating sustainable income streams with greater longevity?

I'm particularly focused on achieving financial security and independence before my current technical specialty potentially becomes less valuable. Any insights or experiences would be greatly appreciated.

As AI agents get better and better, we are all in the verse of having our day to day work changed in radical way.

Thus, I would like to know what boring business exists that are so commonplace yet can manage $100k/year?

It could be anything and any domain! Since it all boils to execution, I want to understand where there are values.

What is value in general?