and i also wouldnt know what to do with a lot of money
there is nothing material i need
nothing that can be bought that i need
the things i need i can afford (at least in august)
a place to sleep
a place to sit in silence
a place of sun
a place where i can buy food
a place where i can interact with folks and friends
a device through which i can work and get money
some money so i can travel from time to time
so the only three reasons i can think of for having a lot of money are...
1. you wanna have a wife 2. you wanna have kids 3. you wann stop working when retired
i will not have a wife
i will not have kids
and i will work even when i reached the "age of retirement"
because im actually doing something smart (as far as i can tell)
instead of working towards retirement where you can be lazy and vacate a lot
i am lazy already now
i vacate a good bunch now
but i also work pretty much every day
so im concentrating all three - laziness vacation work - into one giant life
instead of arbitrarily separating my working years and my pension years
because i already know
the moment i stop working i will not feel good about myself
so i just wont stop
(and i am aware of needing money for older parents who require medical assistance)
oh, one last thing before you go...
i once traveled to bhutan
the "happiest country in the world"
with no money-centered economy
but a happiness-based model [1] [2]
because economic growth failed to make us happier
as american economist richard easterlin says
so buthanese have gross national happiness (gnh)
as opposed to gross domestic product (gpd)
but when i look at the western world
i can only think of one index to measure
gross grosser grossest (ggg)
fun fact, gnh could be a propaganda tool
to distract from bhutans ethnic cleansing
so how about "gross national hypocrisy"?
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i cant help but think
the louder you announce something publicly
the dirtier it is on the inside
which is why the answer could be
"small is beautiful" [3]
so heres my small announcement
that you can still buy your copy of summer smile ☀️
(for another 30 days)
naii "dreams of an economy where people matter" io
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[1] https://optimalhappiness.com/bhutan-happiest-country-in-the-world
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_National_Happiness
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Is_Beautiful