Happiness

Early last year, I came across this tweet:

https://twitter.com/AdamRackis/status/1762321041899012307

The discussion was surprisingly contentious. Maybe I should stop being surprised given the state of Twitter/X and all social media, but still it’s sometimes shocking how dug-in people are in their beliefs about work. On the face of it, “people get twisted in their relationship with work” seems like a reasonable take. “Stop complaining—you are making 16x the median salary in this country. Just do the boring job with the toxic team.”

Let’s stop and think about this for a second. The original poster (OP) is making $800K annually due to the appreciation of Spotify stock. An obscene amount of money? Maybe, maybe not. I do not have the typical hang-ups about the wealthy or ultra-wealthy. I don’t see this world as a zero-sum game, and I think the richest people out there have usually done some amazing things, especially in countries like the US where most wealth is not old wealth.