"Goat-herder sure beats office drones and depressed doom-scrollers, which is what we increasingly produce." Do you speak from experience? Goat-herding in a st

"Goat-herder sure beats office drones and depressed doom-scrollers, which is what we increasingly produce." Do you speak from experience? Goat-herding in a state of constant food-, water- and physical insecurity, with zero amenities or healthcare, might be enjoyable for some (though maybe less so at the age of five), but "sure beats" sounds like a hot take from the social media. It is still possible to move to South Sudan or Niger and start a goatherding career there, but few office drones have walked the walk. Quite to the contrary, there is a significant outflow of economic migrants away from such conditions, into the richer parts of the world.