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> It is all around us. > People no longer willing to work. What? What planet is this? What I have seen is people rearranging their lives by changing their ca
by m0llusk 5y ago
> It is all around us.
> People no longer willing to work.
What? What planet is this? What I have seen is people rearranging their lives by changing their careers, which is hard. Being aware of the gaps in your life and then changing to fill them is extremely hard. Giving up money and prestige to spend time with kids who are not always grateful, at least at first, can be extremely difficult. The big trend I am seeing is people starting their own businesses instead of letting themselves be satisfied with being a corporate tool.
Going a step further, whatever metric this person is using that leads to such grand trivialization is likely to make them insufferable and impossible to reach. Have some feedback about what might make their latest offering more desirable? Sorry, too busy working hard to listen to your weakness based complaints.
Especially in the tech world my experience is that what really wins is being lazy and then extending that to allow others to be lazy. Always be alert for sharp edges can and should be sanded down to leave room for other stuff whether that is beach time, family time, or development time for the next big thing.
- paulpauper 5y agoThere is a trend of the wealthy putting in longer hours than ever and working longer than ever even when they have more than enough money to live comfortably.
- TeMPOraL 5y agoThis varies by what you consider a lower bound of "wealthy", but at the lower end, comfortable living requires surprising amount of work to maintain.
- at_compile_time 5y agoThat really depends on your definition of comfortable living. Hedonic adaptation is like a self-powered treadmill.