I believe we live in a computer simulation and this perspective has some positive aspects.

One of the positive aspects is that now I don't see the world in terms of what I can and cannot do in it. Instead, I’ve adopted a new frame of thinking: everything is possible, but some things require a higher price (more effort) to achieve them than others. It’s not about whether something is achievable—it's about whether I’m willing to pay the price for it.

Imagine you are living in a cube of possibilities where every possible outcome for you is there in the cube.

Let's look at Super Mario, the video game. If you were to try and map out all the possible moves that the Mario character can make in that game, how would you do it? Maybe it would be very difficult. So then imagine a cube, and place Mario at a certain latitude and longitude in that cube, and then from there all the possibilities are accessible to him.

It’s a little abstract but bear with me.

Now let's say our life is also a video game. Then we are also in a cube, the cube of possibilities.

Now, consider our lives as something similar to a video game. We exist within our own cube of possibilities. For instance, Elon Musk is the richest person in the world, and since he’s human, that outcome exists within the cube of possibilities for any human—including you. The question isn’t whether it’s possible for you to become as wealthy as Musk, but whether you’re willing to walk the path and pay the price in effort and sacrifices to get there.

Mr. Beast, the biggest YouTuber. He too is a human being, you are a human being. He is living in the same world that you live in. So that means that too is in the cube of possibilities. You can also become that, but that requires a very high price.

Some outcomes are possible but come with a steep price in effort, while others are more accessible and require less.

Notice I’m not using the words “easy” or “difficult”. I’ve come to believe that nothing is inherently easy or difficult to achieve. Every goal lies somewhere in the cube of possibilities; it’s just that certain outcomes come with a higher price tag than others. And the currency for that price is your effort.

Since embracing this simulation theory—and particularly the notion that we live in a space where everything is possible—I’ve started to see the world as a cube of possibilities.

It has changed everything for me.