I am not sure what is this article trying to prove exactly. As a start, it conflates "nobody is thinking about what happens after they achieve their goal(s)" wi

I am not sure what is this article trying to prove exactly. As a start, it conflates "nobody is thinking about what happens after they achieve their goal(s)" with "nobody is thinking / optimizing for happiness". Needless to say both are VERY different things. Cherry-picking a few people who can never be at peace and using that to peddle the message of "you don't ACTUALLY want to stop working" seems weird as hell. If I can retire tomorrow -- I am 42 -- my remaining years on this Earth will still not be enough to do all the hobbies and non-work related goals that I have. Even if I live to 85. And I know others like myself as well. So I don't know, strange article. If I was a conspiracy theorist I'd call it a propaganda in the direction of "keep working, don't think about anything else". I am willing to accept that was not the author's goal but it does come across this way. There are several nice tidbits though.