Ask HN: When you feel stuck in life

Re:Ask HN: When you feel stuck in life by khedoros on Friday July 22, 2016 @07:15PM (#12147450)

In those terms, we are enslaved by the existence of personal property. Or maybe by the existence of society, in general. Society's requirements force you into a certain set of paths.

> Why exactly is it so hard to survive without a job, in 2016?

Why should it not be, for a sufficiently broad definition of "job"?

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Re:Ask HN: When you feel stuck in life by TeMPOraL on Friday July 22, 2016 @08:23PM (#12147723)

Because it seems that the "survival" part could - and should - be automated away in this day and age. Just like we try and do with all the other boring stuff we don't want to do over and over and over again.

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Re:Ask HN: When you feel stuck in life by khedoros on Friday July 22, 2016 @08:36PM (#12147762)

Automation is an effort multiplier, but it's not a cure-all, and it's not free. Building and maintaining the system will ultimately take some sort of time, work, or money input from people. So, if someone isn't going to somehow contribute to the input, why should they benefit from the output? And if they are contributing somehow, then isn't that a job?

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Re:Ask HN: When you feel stuck in life by daveloyall on Monday July 25, 2016 @04:15PM (#12161289)

Give me that job, and I'll happily shut up!

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Re:Ask HN: When you feel stuck in life by daveloyall on Monday July 25, 2016 @04:33PM (#12161423)

I like how you're thinking.

    > [Suppose] we are enslaved by the
    > existence of personal property ...

Okay. All personal property, or would could this be narrowed down to real estate?

    > [Maybe we are enslaved] by the
    > existence of society, in general.

I hope not. I hope to isolate the problem down to something more specific, and file a bug report.

This topic is a hobby of mine.

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