@alvigunilla: “That's life. Get used to it.” I find that a rather depressing response to anyone questioning the way we're expected to live. In 1930, the economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that technological progress could eventually allow us to work just 15 hours a week by 2030. Well, we're nearly there. And despite extraordinary advances in technology and productivity, most of us are still expected to devote the majority of our adult lives to earning a living. I'm not suggesting that everyone should abandon conventional careers. Society depends on people doing essential work, and plenty of people genuinely enjoy the paths they've chosen. What I object to is the assumption that anyone who wants something different must be naive or unrealistic. George Bernard Shaw wrote that all progress depends on the unreasonable man. I think he had a point. As someone who chose a rather unconventional career, I've learned that people can be incredibly confident about the limitations of something they've never attempted themselves. There's a difference between offering someone sensible criticism and imposing your own limitations on them. What have you been told was “unrealistic” that you went ahead and did anyway?

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