Re:Ask HN: What is it like to be old? What advice would you ...
by toyg on Sunday September 20, 2020 @06:18AM
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I sincerely disagree.
Ever since I had kids, being forced to work for a living has been a massive weight on my life. Inherited wealth would be a great help.
Luckily, the fact that I don’t expect to inherit much of anything gets me out of the moral implications of wishing anyone’s death (which is actually the second biggest worry, at the back of my mind).
Re:Ask HN: What is it like to be old? What advice would you ...
by goatinaboat on Sunday September 20, 2020 @09:13AM
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Ever since I had kids, being forced to work for a living has been a massive weight on my life. Inherited wealth would be a great help.
The problem with these kinds of hypotheticals is that had it been that way, you would not be the you that feels this way.
Aged as I am now, a windfall like an inheritance or a lottery win would probably be invested sensibly towards my retirement. But would a much younger me have blown it all on bitcoin speculation or something equally dumb that seemed like a good idea at the time?
I'm not quite old yet (everyone would say that, right? I'm 35), and I don't regret my younger self at all: during the past 12 years I worked cumulatively 9 years and had 3 years off inbetween jobs. I managed to save up some money, as well as travel and have time for myself.