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Is it really a waste if you made enough money to retire?

by khqc 10mo ago

fy20 10mo ago
Right, OP writes up crypto as being this terrible disease with no meaning. But outside of crypto there aren't many jobs that have real meaning either. I worked for the UN at one point, and that was actually one of the worse. At the end of the day you are always just working to make someone else rich or to give them the promotion they want. If you get rich yourself along the way, take that as a win.
- originalvichy 10mo ago
  I respectfully disagree. Even if you told me that you felt like working at the UN was a waste of time, I’d still tell you that at least you contributed to a historically unique global institution which at least strives to bring people across the world together. Bitcoin was just a waste of talent and resources.
  - rizky05 10mo ago
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  - sumedh 10mo ago
    > Bitcoin was just a waste of talent and resources. What happens when a country's banking system fails.
    - lmm 10mo ago
      > What happens when a country's banking system fails. The people who looted it transport their ill-gotten gains away via Bitcoin, often enough.
      - sumedh 10mo ago
        What should the average citizen of that country do in that case?
        lmm 10mo ago
        Cooperate with their fellow citizens and fix their banking system, rather than trying to grab as much as possible for themselves?
        balamatom 10mo ago
        >Cooperate with their fellow citizens and fix their banking system That's exactly what Bitcoin was for. I don't know where you live, but most places it's the banking system which fixes the citizens, not the other way around. Only way I imagine being able to fix a bank is with a brick through the window. It's why one level up from where I'm at banks are closing their physical locations, keep no cash, and only have people for 1-2 hours in the morning when only the most obedient are awake and not occupied.
  - spaceman_2020 10mo ago
    Half the people here work for random SaaS and socially corrosive companies like Meta that have literally helped install dictators into power You could do worse than building crappy blockchains
    - Capricorn2481 10mo ago
      Not a lot of people here work for Meta, which is why you had to lump in "Random SaaS" like that's remotely comparable. I doubt most people here are working on anything harmful, let alone a fraction of what Meta does. Unless you think Todo list apps cause Ethnic Cleansing.
- koakuma-chan 10mo ago
  Make your own startup. I also hate working for people whom I consider less smart and/or capable or experienced than I am.

Is it really a waste if you made enough money to retire?

by khqc 10mo ago

Is it really a waste if you made enough money to retire?

fy20 10mo ago

Right, OP writes up crypto as being this terrible disease with no meaning. But outside of crypto there aren't many jobs that have real meaning either. I worked for the UN at one point, and that was actually one of the worse. At the end of the day you are always just working to make someone else rich or to give them the promotion they want. If you get rich yourself along the way, take that as a win.

originalvichy 10mo ago
I respectfully disagree. Even if you told me that you felt like working at the UN was a waste of time, I’d still tell you that at least you contributed to a historically unique global institution which at least strives to bring people across the world together. Bitcoin was just a waste of talent and resources.
- rizky05 10mo ago
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- sumedh 10mo ago
  > Bitcoin was just a waste of talent and resources. What happens when a country's banking system fails.
  - lmm 10mo ago
    > What happens when a country's banking system fails. The people who looted it transport their ill-gotten gains away via Bitcoin, often enough.
    - sumedh 10mo ago
      What should the average citizen of that country do in that case?
      - lmm 10mo ago
        Cooperate with their fellow citizens and fix their banking system, rather than trying to grab as much as possible for themselves?
        balamatom 10mo ago
        >Cooperate with their fellow citizens and fix their banking system That's exactly what Bitcoin was for. I don't know where you live, but most places it's the banking system which fixes the citizens, not the other way around. Only way I imagine being able to fix a bank is with a brick through the window. It's why one level up from where I'm at banks are closing their physical locations, keep no cash, and only have people for 1-2 hours in the morning when only the most obedient are awake and not occupied.
- spaceman_2020 10mo ago
  Half the people here work for random SaaS and socially corrosive companies like Meta that have literally helped install dictators into power You could do worse than building crappy blockchains
  - Capricorn2481 10mo ago
    Not a lot of people here work for Meta, which is why you had to lump in "Random SaaS" like that's remotely comparable. I doubt most people here are working on anything harmful, let alone a fraction of what Meta does. Unless you think Todo list apps cause Ethnic Cleansing.
koakuma-chan 10mo ago
Make your own startup. I also hate working for people whom I consider less smart and/or capable or experienced than I am.