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Retirement is the withdrawal from active working life, i.e. having a job. It is not a US concept.

• samf 8mo ago
  Right, and a nice thing about software is that retirement doesn’t mean you have to stop doing what you used to do. I’m retired (I know, I’m very lucky), and I’ve done as much or more coding since retirement than I did in my job. But to be fair, AI has really changed how I’m going about things, and I’m not sure what the future is going to bring. I really worry about my adult children and their careers.
• lstodd 8mo ago
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  • WJW 8mo ago
    Not having a job anymore is very different from not "doing things" at all.
  • xantronix 8mo ago
    The notion that one's economic output is equal to one's worth as a person seems pretty wrong-headed, when considering what the purpose of life is.
    • lstodd 8mo ago
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      • anamexis 8mo ago
        What point are you trying to make?
        • lstodd 8mo ago
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          • lm28469 8mo ago
            When your job and commute is 70% of your awake time I can assure you are very well defined by your job
    • pixl97 8mo ago
      >when considering what the purpose of life is. And what is that exactly? At best we seem to be rather large containers to ensure that genes get replicated.
      • xantronix 8mo ago
        That's for us to decide as individuals.
        • pixl97 8mo ago
          How can something be both wrong and subjective?
          • xantronix 8mo ago
            When the definition is presupposed by somebody else without qualification.
  • coldtea 8mo ago
    Only if your life is so insignificant and your interests and social circle so narrow that your paid gig determines the whole of it and is your sole purpose.
    • lstodd 8mo ago
      But if it ain't so, there is effectively no retirement?
  • lm28469 8mo ago
    So you're telling me that if you won $1b tomorrow you wouldn't know what to do besides continuing your 9 to 5 until you die?