What I find interesting however is that even though it hasn't been part of our culture for long in terms of humanity, many of us seem to now have an expectation that we are educated, we work for forty odd years, and then we retire, no longer needing to add value to the community in which we live.
Isn't that funny? We often rally against change, but then when it happens we accept it as the norm fairly quickly and at that point we reject the idea of losing that new change.
Anyway, interesting thoughts. As usual, I find myself agreeing them.
I also don't have any plans to stop working when (if) I retire. Beyond the idea of adding value, not working just seems boring to me.
Look at the last three years where out of fear, people accepted being locked in their homes and fined for travelling without a mask. We are largely a flock of sheep, with less usecase :)
Taking some long holidays are fun - being on eternal holiday, not so much.