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I don't think this person is considering the single mom who has to work multiple minimum wage jobs just to make ends meet; the people who have never had any opportunity to have any sort of "network" to magically get another job.

When you're in that position, you're constantly exhausted because of how much you're working. You have no savings. You absolutely cannot afford to just "quit" and have things work out.

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The author is explicit about who this is for.

There is never a suggestion that the single mom working multiple minimum wage jobs to make ends meet is the target.

> If you have the resources to spend some time exploring, if you are on to interesting threads of novelty that few other people have, and if you have the spirit to tighten your belt, throw out your map, and explore off-road, then your real job is to do so.

Yes, I see the piece as a call to action if you have the means. Like it's almost a moral obligation to yourself or society.

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