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		epicureanideal on Feb 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Childhoods of Exceptional People Yeah, in all seriousness I probably could’ve been an exceptional person, but broken home and very low income childhood made a lot of things more challenging. Probably will end up in a pretty good situation in absolute terms but nowhere near what would’ve been possible.

klipt on Feb 20, 2023 [–]

Some families have bootstrapped their way out of poverty, but it usually takes multiple generations. Hence "families" rather than "individuals".

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