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Re:I’ve been a self-employed independent creator for 10 years by coldtea on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @04:55AM (#14795172)
>That is: "work", nonetheless.

If we contrast it with sitting at home or at some beach drinking Daiquiris (which is still a huge part of his time), then yes.

If we contrast it with what is actually work, stressful hard work, then no.

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Re:I’ve been a self-employed independent creator for 10 years by kafkaesq on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @04:05PM (#14799618)
If we contrast it with .. stressful hard work,

Then we'd be shifting the goalposts.

The point is that, while it's not like he toils away in a coal mine -- and we know he ain't no brain surgeon -- whatever it is that Branson actually does, by any common sense definition it qualifies as "work".

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