I am with you... If I had been born in any circumstance that led to me not being exposed to and able to develop software, I'd probably be worse off in 100 ways. Just happened to be born at the time and in the right circumstance that it was becoming very valuable to society, and I could pursue it. Well, it was actually dumb luck I landed on it. I initially thought I'd never be able to or want to do it lol. Any other point in history prior, I have no idea what I would've done. But being this introverted is not suited to most things in life.

[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

It's pretty chilling to think about. The number of things that had to line up just right for you and I and others like us to have decent lives. And the extreme luck that they did. Realizing this, and how hopeless it is for so many others, basically radicalized me. We must find a better way to organize our society, this is an insane way to do things.