It's the inability to see the forest for the trees. We were raised in a capitalist economic system, as were all of our past family members. The failings of capitalism appear to be the failings of human nature. In reality, meta analysis of multiple studies on human greed show that people will be inherently more kind to each other than be cruel. Quick search will bring up many articles on these studies. Plus, exchanges in material goods within communities where money hadn't been invented would show that people didn't barter, they gave their goods away to their neighbors, and the good deed would be remembered and reciprocated in times of need. You can look up "Gift Economy" in Wikipedia.
Best part was that SMS was specifically designed to use the current infrastructure at the time without inducing any real demand on it. It didn't cost the companies much of anything to implement it.
37 and in college, finally. I regularly feel incredibly stupid for taking so long to do it. At this point, I have my doubts that anyone will hire a brand-new 40-something engineer, so I'm not even banking on making a career out of it. But I'm still doing it at least to broaden myself.
Caffeine and I have a very strange relationship. Sometimes, it keeps me alert. Sometimes, it makes me crash within an hour of consuming it. I thought I didn't have ADHD for the longest time because I was told of I did have it, caffeine would make me sleepy.
I believe in you, pal. Do your best, okay? You've done a great job so far.