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IIRC people dont do well without work (much of our identity is tied up in working) . Of course you can argue that could change if society changes. But individuals who find themselves without work (due to rapid wealth changes, or losing work) often find themselves depressed

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I always hear about identity being tied to work, but I wonder if that's been tested in recent years. Pre-internet, sure, that makes sense. But now that you can do literally anything you want as long as you have the free time to learn it, and you can be instantly connected to like-minded groups. I'm not so sure that work is the source of identity that people think it is.

Losing work isn't the same as not being financially coerced into working in order survive.

Need work in your life to add structure and connections? Great. You can do that even if you can afford to not work. Better, you can be more flexible about how and where you do it. More on your terms. You don't need to turn down jobs because they don't pay enough, or even at all.

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