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"The biggest success of my entire life was the fact that I managed to stay entirely unemployed." — Emil Cioran “I do not particularly like the word 'work.' Hum
by fogzen 4y ago
"The biggest success of my entire life was the fact that I managed to stay entirely unemployed." — Emil Cioran
“I do not particularly like the word 'work.' Human beings are the only animals who have to work, and I think that is the most ridiculous thing in the world. Other animals make their livings by living, but people work like crazy, thinking that they have to in order to stay alive. The bigger the job, the greater the challenge, the more wonderful they think it is. It would be good to give up that way of thinking and live an easy, comfortable life with plenty of free time. I think that the way animals live in the tropics, stepping outside in the morning and evening to see if there is something to eat, and taking a long nap in the afternoon, must be a wonderful life. For human beings, a life of such simplicity would be possible if one worked to produce directly his daily necessities. In such a life, work is not work as people generally think of it, but simply doing what needs to be done.” – Masanobu Fukuoka
- JenrHywy 4y agoA few from Nietzsche: "Even now one is ashamed of resting, and prolonged reflection almost gives people a bad conscience One thinks with a watch in one’s hand, even as one eats one’s midday meal while reading the latest news of the stock market; one lives as if one always “might miss out on something.” “Rather do anything than nothing”: this principle, too, is merely a string to throttle all culture and good taste" "How frugal our educated—and uneducated—people have become regarding “joy”! How they are becoming increasingly suspicious of all joy! More and more, work enlists all good conscience on its side; the desire for joy already calls itself a “need to recuperate” and is beginning to be ashamed of itself." "Soon we may well reach the point where people can no longer give in to the desire for a vita contemplativa (that is, taking a walk with ideas and friends) without self-contempt and a bad conscience."
- bheadmaster 4y agoIt's been a while since I read Nietzsche, and every time I see or hear a quote of his, I get reminded of how much wisdom he could pack in so few words.
- ThrowawayTestr 4y ago>Human beings are the only animals who have to work Have you watched any prey animal for any length of time? Birds, squirrels, antelopes they all spend a majority of their time looking around for predators. Sounds like work to me.
- parthianshotgun 4y agoThat's necessary. Coding an Ai powered juicer or screwdriver isn't, It's fun, maybe even challenging, but only exists to fulfill a niche and keeps driving pointless innovation to further increase imaginary numbers and 'value'. I don't consider tending to my garden for hours 'work', but a day job I would.