Ask HN: What would you do if you didn't need money to live?
I like to think I'd do pretty much what I'm doing now: learning and building. But I'd love to hear about other perspectives!
http://micheleincalifornia.blogspot.com/2016/10/ancient-wisd...
Even that prostitutes and cocaine part might be not be so enticing anymore if you have those every day. Additionally, keeping up a healthy cocaine habit isn't, well, very healthy in the long run. Then again, living a long and healthy life might not exactly be your top priority in that case ...
Idle hands being the devil's workshop is a decidedly Puritan notion. I wouldn't be too surprised if the proverb actually came from Puritan origin. It can be interpreted in a way that work has value in itself even if it's entirely unproductive. I don't think it's a healthy approach to either life or business. I also don't think that humans who wouldn't have to work anymore to make a living would instinctively default to doing nothing and simply wasting their life on unproductive activities. Self-actualisation and creating something that has some sort of value is an important, perhaps even essential need once everything else is provided for.
This is one of the funnier paragraphs that I have ever read. You have a great voice for satire!
You are very good with satires too! Or perhaps this is a clash of generations? your quote doesn't look like satire to me.
1. Spend more time with my family.
2. Work on getting more healthy.
3. Help folks coming out of incarceration learn how to get on their feet, and thrive.
4. Study foreign languages.
Therefore it wouldn't change all that much in that case. I'd still be teaching, creating products and solving problems.
This. And also, continuing to earn and giving it away to the needy.