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We talk about the end of paid work being mandatory for survival.

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Billionaire Charlie Munger says that in order to feel happy, we need to expect less and that the world is going to get tougher. (finance.yahoo.com)

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In the realm of wise investors and business moguls, Charlie Munger, the billionaire business partner of Warren Buffett, is a source of valuable advice. His interests span wide, but they all converge on a singular focus: the pursuit of wealth, happiness and the avoidance of making dumb mistakes. During the 2023 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. annual meeting, Buffett expressed his desire to be born in the present day, considering it a superior world compared to any before. He acknowledged that modern comm

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The names and faces may change but the story has long been the same.

A recent article by Joshua Hill describes certain very recent manifestations of the austerity narrative, and Clara Mattei has contributed helpful work to elucidate its emergence as being linked to fascism.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

“Desire is a contract that you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.”

-Naval Ravikant

I think that's pretty spot on. We imagine that we can't be happy because we don't have certain things while in reality we already have many of the things we used to think would make us happy. As buddhists say; "life is unsatisfactory". It's almost impossible to be satisfied with what you got because of hedonic adaptation. You'll just start wanting the next thing.

I truly belive the key to true life satisfaction is to realize how lucky we are to even be able to complain about billionaires online. Millions of people would consider their prayers answered if they could switch places with us.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Millions of people would consider their prayers answered if they could switch places with us.

Sure and millions would be immediately suffering if they switched places with us, including people you'd least expect. The truth of the matter is most people are not ambitious. They don't want much, they desire even less. Every single person aged 20-50 that I know just wants their rent to be less than half their income, access to healthcare, and enough money left over to do something in their free time. Yeah, it's great we aren't spend our mornings tending to the fields and flocks and don't have to worry about pickling and canning every single food item we get our hands on. It'd be nicer if that didn't cost me more than half of my waking hours and 90% of my physical and emotional energy. I'd be willing to give up so much 'modernity' for just more free time, and it really sucks the guy that has never suffered in his life is telling me I need to give up both so his heirs can never know suffering.

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