Ito's blog posts from a few months ago were actually on point. This whole recent normie "let's work hard every day it pays off" weird positive protagonist shtick doesn't even seem genuine since Ito still seems as miserable and downtrodden as ever, no matter what successes imposed by society may or may not be reached. (Especially in this Onlyfans era where you can buy yourself a car by taking off your top a few times as a looker if you milk the right audience - and I honestly can't even blame them for that, don't hate the player, hate the stupid game)
Man, I wish I was inspired, invigorated or even jealous by Ito's world and dogma, but I'm just not, at the end of the day. Mention Ivy League every other sentence for all I care, or a top school, or a top job, or excess money, it's just a means to an end, and Ito still just always feels so... off. Ito's hope is just for some preconceived notion of what happiness is supposed to be. It's just inherently unlikely to ever show up if it wasn't there before, not in that way.
"We're in a world where everyone is racing to a finish line that doesn't exist" I mean cheers I'll drink to that, bro. This doesn't even have to be a pessimistic statement, in fact quite the contrary. I'd read a full book of that for inspiration. Ito was onto something, but now it may be gone. May Ito have a nice life, whatever it is.