We’ve basically conquered scarcity at this point in history. There’s really no reason people shouldn’t have all their basically necessities provided today, but bcz of greedy assholes, they’re always in search of more money, so we don’t get that.
There’s still a lot of actually important work that needs doing, like solving world hunger, poverty, and homelessness (which unfortunately most countries aren’t paying people to do, except for a few), but for the most part this quote is spot on:
We’ve basically conquered scarcity at this point in history. There’s really no reason people shouldn’t have all their basically necessities provided today, but bcz of greedy assholes, they’re always in search of more money, so we don’t get that.
There’s still a lot of actually important work that needs doing, like solving world hunger, poverty, and homelessness (which unfortunately most countries aren’t paying people to do, except for a few), but for the most part this quote is spot on:
This right here moved me. Not just because it’s so spot on, but because I don’t even remember what I was thinking about back then.
As a kid, a friend asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I said I wanted to be an inventor, like Gyro Gearloose.
He said: That’s not a job.
“inventor” is definitely a job, if you’re already rich 🙁