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#95: The Speed culture - by Tuấn Mon - Many One Percents

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Each year, we celebrate a new wave of Forbes 30 under 30. Videos about successful people who made X millions before 20 are getting millions of likes and shares. Everything is moving and updating so fast now we are no longer able to catch up, hence the rise of all types of reviewers: books, tech gadgets, movie summaries... People are rushing to NFT or some random Crypto coins for some quick bucks, instead of consistently buying SP500 stocks each month. It’s hard to tell which one came first: We are like this because the fast and successful people above are calling us to follow suit, or because secretly we think we are an outlier and their existence just proves that 1 in a million isn't that small? Regardless, one thing is certain: the Speed culture makes us feel good. It’s like riding a bike, the faster you are, the more thrilling the experience. Each swipe hits us with a very small dose of dopamine, but still big enough to force us to swipe to the next piece of content. The more conten

Movie franchise: Fast and Furious We are living in a Speed culture. With every new swipe, we're presented with a new tweet or video. With 5G, we can download a whole season on Netflix within minutes. Each year, we celebrate a new wave of Forbes 30 under 30. Videos about successful people who made X millions before 20 are getting millions of likes and shares. Everything is moving and updating so fast now we are no longer able to catch up, hence the rise of all types of reviewers: books, tech gadgets, movie summaries... People are rushing to NFT or some random Crypto coins for some quick…

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