Some versions of “ambition” are evil (e.g. wanting to commit fraud), some are dysfunctional (e.g. wanting to be a hedge fund manager or CEO of ECorp), and some are worthwhile but have been severely damaged. Your mission isn’t to get into the inner ring https://www.lewissociety.org/innerring/ , it’s to understand why the worthwhile ambition has been damaged (see https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/KktH8Q94eK3xZABNy/hope-and-false-hope ), and then create contexts where that sort of thing can grow.
Some versions of “ambition” are evil (e.g. wanting to commit fraud), some are dysfunctional (e.g. wanting to be a hedge fund manager or CEO of ECorp), and some are worthwhile but have been severely damaged. Your mission isn’t to get into the inner ring https://www.lewissociety.org/innerring/ , it’s to understand why the worthwhile ambition has been damaged (see https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/KktH8Q94eK3xZABNy/hope-and-false-hope ), and then create contexts where that sort of thing can grow.