I hear Bill Ackman’s name far too little for as often as I have his paid opinions appear in front of my eyeballs. I’m not sure if he has pressured Adams directly as per this article, but I know he has been pulling strings with university admins.
I was sure it was going to be evergrande and Chinese property?
It might have collapsed another economy, but I think China is relatively well-equipped for dealing with financial crises given the higher degree of state-planning and the lack of needing to be corporate capital havens. I think they were extremely wise to prioritize deleveraging individual investors like people buying homes for themselves (and wise to maintain a state that can facilitate such decision-making). In the end they got a surplus of housing and blew up some rent-seekers - pretty impressive imo!
This isn’t the most practical advice but here it goes: Live your life, chase your passions, find community, volunteer your abilities, and work on fulfilling yourself. Along the way, keep an eye out for other lonely souls. At least this way, you’re more likely to be starting from some sort of common ground.
If you’re a bit of a black sheep locally, it can also really help (in a multitude of ways) to move somewhere that you fit in better. It’s unfortunate but true, at least in my observations.