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Re:Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?) by adv0r on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @10:14AM (#29081564)
> society does not recognize in terms of existing

The hell with this. Society nows recognizes Early Retirment as a status to aspire to. People look up to joung retirees, and this provides a pretty big identity.

The FI movement now put a name and label on it, so the belonging part of meaning is covered.

Re:Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?) by gffrd on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @12:58PM (#29083977)
Doesn’t society also recognize celebrity as a status to aspire to?