Like Solomon said. With great knowledge comes great sorrow.

Part of me gets Cypher and wishes I could go back.

I'm taking a different path than you. Getting rich was something I worked hard at removing from my matrix. At least in terms of money. Not minimizing your efforts or priorities at all. We just have different paths.

The journey you ask about brought me to the conclusion that humanity is deeply and wantonly corrupt. It is for good reason that so many highly sentient beings which inhabit our world want nothing at all to do with mankind.

Sounds kind of dumb I know, but my focus has shifted away from this artificial human construct we may call the modern system and working within it because a deeper matrix which manifests as our very reality is not as solid as one might think.