Entrepreneurs are outliers. Most people just worked at a job. My Dad grew up in the depression, and sent two kids to college working as an artist. How awesome is that?
I just worked at tech jobs, made a few bucks moving a few times, and raised a great kid.
And I consider myself a contrarian. My values were not shaped by some "group culture". Probably the opposite. Our daughter stands to inherit two homes, though she kindly suggests that I spend my own equity.
Despite the mantra that all decisions are firmly based on economics and minor fluctuations thereof, people seem to do what feels best at the time. We're not day traders with our lives and equity.
We grew up in a time of very positive social change, almost all of which has been undone in a short time. I still stand up for equality, the dignity of all people and opportunity. And I have shared that by example with my daughter.
The value of a honest and caring life is not measured. Beyond a certain comfort point, which we deny to others out of greed and discrimination, happiness is more intrinsic than anything the spreadsheet jockeys equate with happiness.
Numbers.
"I am not a number! I am a free man!" ... The Prisoner.
toomuchtodo•1mo ago
Against Against Boomers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46357018 - December 2025 (5 comments)