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Re:If You’re So Successful, Why Are You Still Working 70 Hou... by munk-a on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @01:52PM (#28460660)
That is highly unlikely - thankfully there is a much more reasonable way to read how important it is to live for today. Nobody intends to be hit by a bus but some people are - make sure you're getting what you want out of life before you get hit by a bus.
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Re:If You’re So Successful, Why Are You Still Working 70 Hou... by jltsiren on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @02:41PM (#28461354)
Unlikely but not highly unlikely. If you expect to live for another 50 years, there is a nontrivial chance that you will face a crisis that happens once every 500 or 1000 years on the average. Dying prematurely is one kind of risk, outliving your society is another.
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Re:If You’re So Successful, Why Are You Still Working 70 Hou... by Teknoman117 on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @02:16PM (#28461035)
Definitely. Planning and saving for the future also has to be weighed against the risk of (you) not making it to that future.
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