while I do agree with the reasoning, this _still_ is a matter of justification after the fact for me. Aka: here is the stuff you need to do in order to get to X

while I do agree with the reasoning, this _still_ is a matter of justification after the fact for me. Aka: here is the stuff you need to do in order to get to X. Who defines that path/checkpoints? Its mandated by the system we operate within basically. Similar to "just accept things as they are" and try to make the best out of it - which is of course what I am doing right now, I am not an idiot and have to provide for a family. Still I question the rules/system as a whole. Speaking very optimistically: we're about to enter a phase of abundance, where "robots do the work" including "robots build more/better robots" can likely happen in the next decades. The very idea of everyone having to work at all in this scenario is outdated, even if it might need a forceful/violent redistribution of wealth (again) to not end up in some weird dystopia. Basically I'd like to everyone (not just me) to have a default comfort level that is at least my current baseline, without and tradeoffs/sacrifices to be made elsewhere in ones life. And then the decision process should start about what to do with life, and very likely the outcome would be vastly different for many people compared to right now. And I strongly believe quite a lot of people would fill their days with what we now would call "work" or pushing boundaries in various areas - but decidedly so. Imagine the sheer amount of innovations that could happen if the current top tier talent that works on marketing/ads today would spend their time doing actually useful/cool things instead of hunting the money of their current jobs. Even just a fraction of those people. It might introduce a new Renaissance in society to free up the cogwheels from the rat races!