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The article hits on something that I believe everyone is at least aware of. Id argue the next generation is best suited for not having this issue that the curr

by boringg 9mo ago

The article hits on something that I believe everyone is at least aware of. Id argue the next generation is best suited for not having this issue that the current generation does have as they at least seem to think about everything and are very careful about tying their identity to work which prior generations seem to do without much thought (for better or worse).

LatencyKills 9mo ago
I'm in my 50s. About two months into retirement I fell into the deepest depression of my life because I couldn't shake the "who am I without my job?" question. It took almost a year (and therapy) to accept that I still add value without working.
- mettamage 9mo ago
  I'm a person that wants to learn anything and everything. So guess what I'd do if I'd retire? Work feels pretty stifling to me.
  - LatencyKills 9mo ago
    > I'm a person that wants to learn anything and everything. That is exactly what I do now. Every question I've ever had I now have the time to devote to answering it. I take classes, I volunteer, I mentor Comp. Sci. students. But, more than anything, I still write code. I spent the last few months creating an LLM from scratch which was incredibly fun. That said, I have a friend who will probably work until he dies. His only real interest in life is his job. I'm not suggesting that is a bad thing; its more to the point that "retirement" isn't a panacea for everyone.
    - thefaux 9mo ago
      I do see this as a bad thing and an abdication of taking responsibility for one's own life. As was recently put to me after the sudden death of a friend's father (who lived an unusually rich life): everyone dies, but not everyone truly lives.
      - LatencyKills 9mo ago
        Ah... we found the person who thinks they can pass judgement on how people choose to live their lives. I didn't say that my friend doesn't love his job (he does) - I said that he'll probably die before retiring. Stephen Hawking, Einstein, Marie Curie, and Linus Pauling never retired. Did they not "truly live"?

by boringg 9mo ago

LatencyKills 9mo ago

I'm in my 50s. About two months into retirement I fell into the deepest depression of my life because I couldn't shake the "who am I without my job?" question. It took almost a year (and therapy) to accept that I still add value without working.

mettamage 9mo ago
I'm a person that wants to learn anything and everything. So guess what I'd do if I'd retire? Work feels pretty stifling to me.
- LatencyKills 9mo ago
  > I'm a person that wants to learn anything and everything. That is exactly what I do now. Every question I've ever had I now have the time to devote to answering it. I take classes, I volunteer, I mentor Comp. Sci. students. But, more than anything, I still write code. I spent the last few months creating an LLM from scratch which was incredibly fun. That said, I have a friend who will probably work until he dies. His only real interest in life is his job. I'm not suggesting that is a bad thing; its more to the point that "retirement" isn't a panacea for everyone.
  - thefaux 9mo ago
    I do see this as a bad thing and an abdication of taking responsibility for one's own life. As was recently put to me after the sudden death of a friend's father (who lived an unusually rich life): everyone dies, but not everyone truly lives.
    - LatencyKills 9mo ago
      Ah... we found the person who thinks they can pass judgement on how people choose to live their lives. I didn't say that my friend doesn't love his job (he does) - I said that he'll probably die before retiring. Stephen Hawking, Einstein, Marie Curie, and Linus Pauling never retired. Did they not "truly live"?