So I made the huge mistake of replying after only reading a few panels, so all your criticisms are totally valid and I feel kind of silly now.
I think an alternate reading of the well-written story perhaps is how much of what we do is driven by dumb luck, and those just as smart and driven as we are here commenting are, through very little fault of their own, homeless and addicted because they just were not "in the right place at the right time" once or twice, or met the wrong person at a bad time in their life?
You talk about lives "warped by externalities" and man, ain't that the truth.
I think an alternate reading of the well-written story perhaps is how much of what we do is driven by dumb luck, and those just as smart and driven as we are here commenting are, through very little fault of their own, homeless and addicted because they just were not "in the right place at the right time" once or twice, or met the wrong person at a bad time in their life?
You talk about lives "warped by externalities" and man, ain't that the truth.