An orthodontist just called Dave Ramsey with $1,000,000 in student loans.
Dave’s response was brutal.
DAVE: “How much is the interest alone every month?”
CALLER: “$5,800.”
DAVE : “So you’re bleeding $70,000 a year before you pay a single dollar of principal. Got it.”
CALLER: “I’m making $250k. Should I do income-based repayment?”
DAVE: “That’s like bailing out a sinking boat with a coffee cup. The water’s still winning.”
DAVE: “You drive a nice car?”
CALLER: “Well”
DAVE: “Sell it.”
CALLER: “I just”
DAVE: “SELL. IT.”
DAVE: “You need to live like a broke college student. Ramen. Roommates. No vacations. You are not rich.
You are $1,000,000 in the hole. ACT LIKE IT.”
I just set up a Robinhood agentic trading account and gave it $1,000.
I told the agent to go invest the money in the stock market and try to maximize long term returns. Let’s see how its returns compare to mine.
And so it begins.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson: “Whatever [the next outbreak] is, we ain’t ready for it. We still have anti-vaxxers running around.”
“I don’t trust scientists. I saw a YouTube video, so I’m not going to take it.” (mocking)
“I don’t want you to ever forget this story.”
“20,000 years ago, we’re in the cave. Do you know what the life expectancy was?”
Shannon Sharpe: “10 years? 15 years?”
Neil deGrasse Tyson: “30. Half of everyone born was dead before they were 30.”
Shannon Sharpe: “Wow!!!”
Neil deGrasse Tyson: “Fast forward to 1840… everyone born in the world was dead by the age of 35. We gained five years of life expectancy. And every one of them ate organic, breathed clean air… Science matters here.”
“We’ve doubled the life expectancy with antibiotics, vaccines, and sanitation. The three biggest forces operating on our longevity. So to come around and say I don’t need vaccines because I’m not getting sick, that’s like saying, why are you using dandruff shampoo? You don’t have dandruff.”
Shannon Sharpe: “Well, I don’t want to get it.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson: “That’s my point. If you’re successful, people think you don’t need it when that’s what’s creating the ongoing success in the first place.”