There's still a lot of actually important work that needs doing, like solving world hunger, poverty, and homelessness (which unfortunately most countries aren't paying people to do, except for a few), but for the most part this quote is spot on:

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

think about whatever it was they were thinking about before someone came along and told them they had to earn a living.

This right here moved me. Not just because it's so spot on, but because I don't even remember what I was thinking about back then.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 4 points 9 hours ago

I reverse engineered this, by thinking about what I would do if I was in the Pokemon world, since whatever economic system Pokemon has means that 10 year olds can support themselves with hobby income while traveling the world, and basically every adult makes their living through their special interest. So now I'm working towards becoming a wetland ecologist, and it's led to uncovering tons of nostalgic memories from field trips and stuff in elementary school

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

As a kid, a friend asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I said I wanted to be an inventor, like Gyro Gearloose.

He said: That's not a job.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 9 points 13 hours ago

"inventor" is definitely a job, if you're already rich 🙁

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 2 points 9 hours ago

I don't think regulators are a good example for something we have too many people doing, but otherwise, this is great