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Genuinely curious: Why is your reaction to that "WTF"? I think it's totally valid.

• dymk 5y ago
  It sounds like something you say about employees, not about family members, and certainly not a way of calculating "self worth".
  • eric_cc 5y ago
    What you perceive as the value you contribute to the world is the most important way of calculating self worth, is it not? If you felt like you contributed no value any more and were simply a resource drain you certainly would have a low self worth.
• panzagl 5y ago
  Well, for one thing, "adds value" on HN is a pretty loaded term that comes down to "making money for someone else". You're basically saying that when you can't pull any harder, you'll line up behind Boxer at the glue factory so the pigs get one last cent out of your hide. But lets assume a more charitable definition of 'adds value', then when does that end? I'd argue 'never', but I've also lost a parent and an in-law this year, so maybe that's still a little close for me.