The American Involution - otothebo
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Roughly 135 rebels, dressed like Indians, throw 340 chests of tea into a harbor.
Roughly 135 rebels, dressed like Indians, throw 340 chests of tea into a harbor. Across town, a tax man is strung up, covered in tar, and feathered by the locals. Firing into a Boston crowd, British soldiers kill 5 colonists. This is the American Revolution. An electrical engineering student applies to 46 internships, and gets two responses - both rejections. His CS friend discusses his vibe coded auto-applier. He’s making Sankey diagrams and posting them to r/dataisbeautiful. One interview → zero offers. This is the American Involution. Poor soul. Involution was first coined by…
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