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Comment by p1esk

2 days ago

Financial freedom is about not having to worry about losing your job, or tolerating shitty work conditions. Why would you retire if you do what you love? I think the real problem might be if there's nothing you actually love doing (long term), that's when money won't help.

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canpan  2 days ago

The people with the drive to be able to retire early are also the most likely to be bored when it happens.

Working on something fun and novel, like in his case Gemini, mentioned in the article, is the ideal.

dyauspitr  2 days ago

What do you mean? Money is the best thing to have if you’re lazy and don’t like doing anything.

In this case I agree though, he’s the boss, not beholden to anyone. Can wander around and do what interests him.

  • p1esk  2 days ago

    But that's the problem - if you don't like doing anything, what will you do? What will you fill your life with? You will quickly get bored of anything you try. Your life will have no meaning, and you will probably turn to alcohol or drugs.

    • mockingbirdy  2 days ago

      Had this exact situation. Turned to drugs. Lived like a GTA character. That’s unsustainable, similar to luxury vacations which turn dull. Now I‘m finding investors for curing MS with a team of researchers who‘ve built sth that is more accurate than CRISPR to cure my sister. I actually want to get in contact with Sergey Brin about that because we might have something interesting for him - but my American contacts are only connected to Musk and people like a Polygon founder and music/hollywood people. This is not a psychotic or exaggerated message, I‘m sure HN can vet us (@dang) and get us contacts, currently I‘m talking to family offices in Saudi Arabia. About meaning: if you get bored, aim for bigger positive impact.

      paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29857928/

      short: We have a rigorously validated antigen-specific immune tolerance platform with bystander suppression, NIH/MS Society backing and a clear translational gap.

    • dyauspitr  2 days ago

      Everyone, even the laziest person likes doing something even if that’s just parking yourself in front of the TV and stuffing your face.

      Most people though genuinely like activities that most times would be impossible to monetize enough to make a living, which isn’t a problem if you’re rich. Alternatively, there are plenty of things people want to do that they have no intention of being the best at, they want to dabble.