Does Singapore environment makes people not hungry to want to pursue and learn new things and gain new heights?

Contentment with life and a sense of concern about job security usually do not co-exist together.

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The salaryman who is contented will often not be self aware enough to know his job is redundant and vice versa, the salaryman who is not contended will often want more out of his job and go with option 1 or more out of his life and go with option 2.

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But to your question, personally my opinion is that your environment does not define you but who you surround yourself with moulds your mindset and perception, a simple example is in Reddit, depending on which subthread you find supporters of lie flat or FIRE.

I think that is quite dependent on the person itself, the environment that he/she grew up in, the experiences that he/she has gone thru in life, the many changes that happened or did not happen. Society has a factor to play as well via social norms etc hence the idea of the herd mentality. However, end of day, I feel it is how the thinking of the person that will shape the outcome.