alt Hacker NewsBut that's the point, ain't it? If you voluntarily abandon doing things you are basically declaring "I'm dead, ignore that I'm still breathing".
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coldtea • yesterday at 9:28 PM
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.
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WJW • yesterday at 9:15 PM
Not having a job anymore is very different from not "doing things" at all.
lm28469 • yesterday at 11:32 PM
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?
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.