Jevons paradox + software eating world + shrinking institutional control of life + laissez faire economy + gig economy = you’re spending half your time just configuring and reconfiguring your life
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This seems related. Economic status determines how much you get away with/put on autopilot/not worry about.https://twitter.com/yaneerbaryam/status/1144250747984449536?s=21 …
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Yeah precisely. And as complexity goes up, the same amount of $ buys you less freedom from detail.
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The possibility is there to live much more simply than before
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Takes a ton of money to life simply
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Jeans guy TED talk. “I want the kind that used to be the only kind.”
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That a real talk?
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Strongly agree based on my limited perspective, which might also correlate with life stage. The prospect of finding meaningful + rewarding employment feels approximately 20-30x harder than I thought it would be 15 years ago when just doing well in school seemed like enough.
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Doing well in school == the halcyon days of univariate life optimization...
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This too shall pass
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