I listen to a wide range of books and podcasts while delivering mail in an automobile 6 to 8 hours a day 6 days a week.
There was something a wealthy, middle-aged entrepreneur said the other day that gave me pause. I have been thinking about it daily for close to two weeks now. I am paraphrasing:
"There are some people who will only be able to do physical work for a wage their whole lives."
He of course escaped that "trap" by starting a business and becoming wealthy. And now he's telling whoever will listen that they can do it to with the right mindset and discipline, and eventually computerized robots and machines will be doing the work for us.
There's a part of this that is appealing to me. Having the freedom to choose if I want to work or not would be nice.
On the other hand, I inhabit a body and live in a community of people. In a few minutes I will drive to a building and sort mail and Amazon packages with people in my community.
The physical work I am doing with my body connects me to the earth (physical matter) and the people (community) I work with.
Off to the mail trail.
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