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▲ golemiprague a day ago

I won't work if I don't need money, don't want to better myself or others, I know many other people who are just like me.

▲somenameforme 20 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I thought this as well, then found myself in the situation of not needing to work and found that, after some period of hedonism, it became quite empty. I think in the past it was easier for more people to experience this. We had less 'stuff' but much larger families and lived in generally more social systems. Those mitigate a lot of the coercive extrinsic pressures to work. And I think this is why philosophy, especially personal philosophy trending towards self betterment, was so much more prevalent in the past.

▲marcus_holmes 20 hours ago | parent [-]

This. I've experienced the same. And I haven't met anyone who just sits around doing nothing, given the opportunity.

It sounds amazing if you're being forced to work for a living. But actually experiencing it, it gets really boring and you start looking around for something to do.

▲omnimus 19 hours ago | parent [-]

So eventually join Starfleet.

▲game_the0ry 21 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Aspire to at least leave the world better than you found it, so it is a little better when you are gone.