The historical Medici family offers a lot of insight for today’s super individuals.
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It’s not about owning property everywhere, but about having influence assets everywhere. So “being able to escape at any time” should not mean “being able to book a flight at any time,” but rather “wherever I am, I already have a value network I have sown in advance.”
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Identity should be spectrum-like and context-activated. It’s not “I’m a creator and also an investor,” but: when I’m writing, my investor identity gives me a perspective of financial independence; when I’m investing, my creator identity lets me see through the essence of narratives; when I’m interacting in a community, the overlap of these two identities creates unique value.
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What you write is not just an article, but an interface for recording how this chaotic era thinks. What you build is not just a community, but a stronghold against systemic stupidity.
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To deal with a “sense of drifting,” what matters is not “the heart itself is home,” but creating something more important than home itself — a civilizational legacy. When you begin to think about “what is the mission of a thinker and creator in this era,” rather than just “how do I reconcile with myself,” the feeling of drifting will turn into a sense of participating in history.