9 FINANCIAL LESSONS FROM THE MATRIX

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Only a few modern-day movies have managed to capture everyone’s imagination, like “The Matrix” series of films.

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The Matrix movies have many lessons to teach us, from the nature of reality to fake news and much more.

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One of many lessons on full display in the movie deals with having an emergency plan. As the protagonists went in and out of the Matrix.

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The other lesson embedded in the film has to do with understanding value. One of the villains in the story escaped the Matrix, but he hated reality.

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You can upset the established order as Neo did by investing in cryptocurrency and moonshots, and non-traditional assets like art.

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9 FINANCIAL LESSONS FROM THE MATRIX

Only a few modern-day movies have managed to capture everyone’s imagination, like “The Matrix” series of films.

The Matrix movies have many lessons to teach us, from the nature of reality to fake news and much more.

One of many lessons on full display in the movie deals with having an emergency plan. As the protagonists went in and out of the Matrix.

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The other lesson embedded in the film has to do with understanding value. One of the villains in the story escaped the Matrix, but he hated reality.

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You can upset the established order as Neo did by investing in cryptocurrency and moonshots, and non-traditional assets like art.

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No matter how often Neo saw signs that he was worth more, he had difficulty seeing it.

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