There are private-equity gurus who make tons of money, and spend a lot of that money self-medicating with drugs and alcohol, and buying things they don’t want or need to distract themselves from their meaningless lives. There are also burned-out teachers who have lost their love of teaching, and private-equity folks who love the game and find meaning in making capitalism more efficient and more effective. There is no right answer or wrong answer to the money/meaning question. It’s all about living coherently, which means living in tune with what you value. And in order to do that, you need a
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