basically what would your ideal job be, in an ideal world? would you contribute towards making society more rational, healthy, and well-coordinated? or do you have better ideas? sorry if this is a silly question just a random thought.
Ask HN: What would you spend your time working on if you didn't need money?
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#2Check out the book From Strength To Strength by Arthur Brooks. It’s a bit of a mid-life crisis book that addresses this. In short: develop hobbies, invest in friends/community, explore spiritually.
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#3If cash wasn't a thing, I'd be all in on creating a system that lets you transfer your memories and brainpower into another body or a robot.
I'll let you laugh at this like others, but I'm serious.
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#4I'd read and relax and take care of myself more
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#5Some voluntary work and care giving to others who need help. I would do some social projects supporting the teens finding orientation. That's what I would do.
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#6Fortunately, I have reached that stage.
OTOH, still figuring out what to do next.
I keep reminding myself of what PG had to say: By compressing the dull but necessary task of making a living into the smallest possible time, you show respect for life, and there is something grand about that.
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#7I'd focus on becoming more spiritual, spending more time in nature, reducing my waste footprint and disconnecting from the world.
I don't believe that "making society more rational, healthy, and well-coordinated" is a contribution; this sounds like those who have private jets and go to global conventions to about saving the environment. It sounds to me like you are a narcissist as well, to think that you are more rational than others or know better just because you have money.
The world is pretty rational, if they aren't healthy, it's because people are building the Coke's and Kraft Heinz around the world, companies that are predatory and exploit weaknesses of others.
Try to live a life that you no longer need to exploit others, or animals, or the environment you live in, and of course, document it so others can do it as well.
There are way too many rich folks already trying to change the world and making it worse because they are only looking at the bright side, not the side-effects of what they do, much less on how they live.
Rich people don't try to do this because they know it's really hard. Living sustainably is harder than having a job or making money.
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#8I'm not sure, and that slightly concerning to me. I'm on the path to be financially independent within the decade, but I'm not really sure what I'd do in that case. I'd probably keep writing software (since that's my first love) and just have the complete freedom to quit a job or take time off if I want.
I'd like to get into some more hobbies, since I really went 100% in on software once I started working full time and I'd really hate to burn out on this. Working a shorter week or with more half days would be great too. We'll see. Life changes.
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#9I'd probably jump between service based positions gear towards helping others/community even if they resemble a job.
Cobbler, Librarian, Prepare food in a school, stage crew, idc just something relatively physical and with an end product/objective and for the support of others/something. It would probably change every 3 - 6 months or so.
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#10I don't think I would work. I would pour myself full time into a few creative pursuits like woodworking. I would also travel a lot.