When someone tells you about the peak year of human history, the period of time when things were good before things went downhill, it will always be the years of when they were 10 years sold — which is the peak of any human’s existence.
I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. In fact, there are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name.