Isn’t it fascinating how literally not a single technological advance has actually saved people work? We’re more productive now than ever and yet retirement is a bigger fantasy now than half a century ago
The "Middle Class" was a 50-year fluke designed to prevent a communist revolution during the Cold War. Now that the threat is gone, the elites are systematically dismantling it. You aren't "falling behind"; you’re being pushed back into the peasantry.
i think one of the nicest things about getting older is becoming more comfortable with the kind of person you actually are. less explaining, more existing.