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I can't speak for everybody, but I enjoy my work and would do something very similar even if I didn't need the money. I don't view the opportunity cost of my m

I can't speak for everybody, but I enjoy my work and would do something very similar even if I didn't need the money. I don't view the opportunity cost of my morning commute in terms of the time I lose at home before work. I view it as lost time I would rather spend at work doing what I love.

toomuchtodo 11y ago
I don't fault you for enjoying what you do, but most people don't; therefore, we shouldn't create economic policy around the idea that people do enjoy work. People enjoy fulfillment; whether that is tied to a "job" or whatever we're going to call it in 10-50 years as labor gets automated away, that's an entirely other matter. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/wp/2013/10/10/only-13-percent-of-people-worldwide-actually-like-going-to-work/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/wp/2013/10... http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/10/10/unhappy-employees-outnumber-happy-ones-by-two-to-one-worldwide/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/10/10/unhappy-em... http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/opinion/sunday/why-you-hate-work.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/opinion/sunday/why-you-hat... http://www.gallup.com/poll/165269/worldwide-employees-engaged-work.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/165269/worldwide-employees-engage...