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ambition by Vincent H. '23 finding direction November 10, 2022 in Challenges , How to Human , Life after MIT in cities and ambition , paul graham writes : “Great cities attract ambitious people. You can sense it when you walk around one. In a hundred subtle ways, the city sends you a message: you could do more; you should try harder. The surprising thing is how different these messages can be. New York tells you, above all: you should make more money. There are other messages too, of course. You should be hipper. You should be better looking. But the clearest message is that you should be rich

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