Idk, I think it is. You just have to want to seek it. Perhaps it could be more difficult now with us on the Bitcoin train, and many that I know aren't quite there yet, so that could impose some difference and challenges. But, I think good friends can still be made/found regardless
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I also by choice try and live extremely lean and spend my free time educating myself.. the whole 10 000 hours is true to get deeper and deeper in the rabbit hole…