> Which further proves that them taking the subway is exceptional enough to be worth posting. Not the norm; not a 9-5 commute like regular people.

According to you? Riding subway in NYC and you'd see plenty of rich people. Go to any station near the financial district, or Park Ave.

Tell that to the Ukrainians who fight the brutal war Russia are waging:

https://www.twz.com/news-features/ukrainian-commanders-exclu...

Huh? just because most of my day spent writing simple scripts for cleaning up data, to use as an example, doesn't mean I didn't have many many years honing my programming skills.

Someone who points out I'm mostly doing mundane things is telling the truth, not that they underestimate my knowledge or skills or don't appreciate the beauty of code.

Having rich parent certainly helps. The problem with this line of thinking is that there are many many rich parents, but only one Tailor Swift. What happen to all other rich kids who also dream of being a singer? Can you say, "with straight face", that they can just became Taylor Swift if their dad was a Merrill Lynch banker?

There is also one and only Adele, whose father left when she was two and who had a very modest upbringing.

> because of the lost experience and joy of learning, connection with the self and others and so many other things.

Nothing prevents human from continue doing just that, precisely because it brings joy and satisfaction. Painting, photography classes are still popular, if not more, in the age of digital photography.