> Most people find meaning, fulfillment, even contentment in working, especially when the problems are engaging and the solutions produce value.
Sure they do. But "value" is not simple one dimensional "I get money for food and rent".
If value of your work is just money, you have to mostly do the things that work toward money
Not making other people's life better or more interesting. Not something that you find fulfilling. But things that make money first, are any of the above second.
Having the basics (let's say "food, money, internet + some spare change to get what you need want") allows individual to pursue things that are risky and might not be profitable in the end without stress of not being able to pay rent next month. You can be a musician that "only" have 10k listeners. You can make niche little gadget that earns maybe $500 a month in sales but enriches other people's lives.
And now corporations would have to offer something substantial (whether in term of being interesting, or profitable enough) to find someone to hire. Less "bullshit jobs", or soul-crushing work that barely affords you a living just because your skills don't align with what is profitable.
> Many people claim their lives would be better if they never had to work, but they are bullshitting themselves with childhood naivete.
Did you never had an interesting hobby in your life ? I have enough that if money was not an issue I'd keep my brain and body involved for years to come.
Sure they do. But "value" is not simple one dimensional "I get money for food and rent".
If value of your work is just money, you have to mostly do the things that work toward money
Not making other people's life better or more interesting. Not something that you find fulfilling. But things that make money first, are any of the above second.
Having the basics (let's say "food, money, internet + some spare change to get what you need want") allows individual to pursue things that are risky and might not be profitable in the end without stress of not being able to pay rent next month. You can be a musician that "only" have 10k listeners. You can make niche little gadget that earns maybe $500 a month in sales but enriches other people's lives.
And now corporations would have to offer something substantial (whether in term of being interesting, or profitable enough) to find someone to hire. Less "bullshit jobs", or soul-crushing work that barely affords you a living just because your skills don't align with what is profitable.
> Many people claim their lives would be better if they never had to work, but they are bullshitting themselves with childhood naivete.
Did you never had an interesting hobby in your life ? I have enough that if money was not an issue I'd keep my brain and body involved for years to come.