> Why does Western Society have a fixation on only doing things that make sense for the rest of your life? It's not western society, it's the ethos of the uppe

> Why does Western Society have a fixation on only doing things that make sense for the rest of your life? It's not western society, it's the ethos of the upper-middle class of western society, which emphasizes not only career stability but intergenerational success. And of course it's also concerned with differentiating itself from lower classes, thus the skepticism/condescension. Poor and working-class Americans don't talk like that because their time horizons are as equally short as Chinese and Russian hustlers/go-getters.