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You don't work hard to have a good life, you do it to have a better life than the one yesterday and the day before that. That's just how we define success as a

by paxys 3y ago

You don't work hard to have a good life, you do it to have a better life than the one yesterday and the day before that. That's just how we define success as a society. An average American from the 1950s was already living better than a king from a few hundred years ago, but we still continued to work and continued to move our civilization forward. That's not a bad thing.

mdekkers 3y ago
> An average American from the 1950s was already living better than a king from a few hundred years ago. Arguably, the average “Westerner”, including Americans, from today does not live better than their 50s counterparts.
- namaria 3y ago
  The average non white-male westerner disagrees
- j7ake 3y ago
  In 1950s, a woman wouldn't even be able to get into universities like Yale.
BehindBlueEyes 3y ago
No, that’s just what shareholders want you to think so you keep working hard at making their lives better.