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Re:Why is Everyone in Tech so sad? by close04 on Saturday August 08, 2026 @05:54AM (#49220282)
That’s the answer to a different question. We were talking about a printer who probably wasn’t acing the stock market in the ‘60s but his salary covered all that. Question stands, if anyone can offer a good equivalence for something similar today.
Re:Why is Everyone in Tech so sad? by danans on Saturday August 08, 2026 @12:31PM (#49223320)
> Question stands, if anyone can offer a good equivalence for something similar today.

Then no, it's not possible for the average worker, largely because the advance of technology raised the bar on labor, requiring more (and increasingly expensive) education, all while that 60s worker and their generation, caught in a Reaganite zeal, pulled up the ladder behind them in housing and destroyed public goods.