In this episode, Elvis and Ermin make that argument that self-development is largely realizing that change starts and finishes with you, not any external force, including the government. And that there is only one way to find out how you should live your life: aggressive trial and error. You need to learn what you like and what you don’t like by being active in the world and stumbling around.
Without this mindset, we aren’t really developing our potential, and we are forever a ‘slave’ to our environment.