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Originally Posted by Perfectlap

The crazy thing is that a teen wanting to learn how to be wise with money today has a much easier path because the information, as well as access, to any market you'd be interested in is light years better than it was when I was teen. What it would take me months to figure out back then I can discover in about 15 minutes of Google searching and Wikipedia reading today.

True, but the skill to determine the difference between Propoganda, Market Manipulation, plain old BS, and whats real is much more difficult. Its turning regular folks into cunning researchers and investigators.

You will notice that Forum solutions to various problems are generally arrived at by consensus before being trusted as a valid solution. Thats also why its good to document the failures, to save time of others trying alternate solutions.

If a number of people have had success then the odds of succeeding yourself are much improved.

Similarly with FB etc, peer approval is determined by consensus, so the more "Likes" or "Friends" you have the more validated you feel as a person.

The people that grow out of that mindset and don't need validation of any kind are typically the most successful in life and business.

A digression, just short of a rant