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Read this korrent: Forced retirement should end so that people can keep doing meaningful work for longer.
Forced retirement should end so that people can keep doing meaningful work for longer.
Last stated 7 years ago
11 Oct 2019
CH
Carl Honoré — holds since 2019-10-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Retirement is bad for you; the right thing is to keep working on cool stuff until you die. — tap to centre the map on it
Retirement is bad for you; the right thing is to keep working on cool stuff until you die.
Last stated 2 years ago
20 Aug 2024
PL
Pieter Levels — holds since 2024-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Swapping work for pensioned leisure in our sixties no longer makes sense because we live too long for it. — tap to centre the map on it
Swapping work for pensioned leisure in our sixties no longer makes sense because we live too long for it.
Last stated 7 years ago
11 Oct 2019
CH
Carl Honoré — holds since 2019-10-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Raising the retirement age could reduce the need for mass migration and fill market niches. — tap to centre the map on it
Raising the retirement age could reduce the need for mass migration and fill market niches.
Last stated a month ago
23 Sept 2026
JK
Joel Kotkin — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Universal basic income is at most a small part of the answer to AI-driven job loss. — tap to centre the map on it
Universal basic income is at most a small part of the answer to AI-driven job loss.
Last stated 2 years ago
7 Apr 2025
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-04-07 — tap for who they are
DA
Dario Amodei — holds since 2024-10-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Work has become more enjoyable for the millennial generation, even as the belief that meaningful work requires suffering has gone largely unquestioned. — tap to centre the map on it
Work has become more enjoyable for the millennial generation, even as the belief that meaningful work requires suffering has gone largely unquestioned.
Last stated 7 months ago
28 Mar 2026
PM
Paul Millerd — holds since 2026-03-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Work can be rewarding and meaningful with long uninterrupted stretches of time — tap to centre the map on it
Work can be rewarding and meaningful with long uninterrupted stretches of time
Last stated 4 years ago
31 Jan 2023
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-01-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It would be better, even economically, to prevent poverty by giving everyone something to begin with at 21 — tap to centre the map on it
It would be better, even economically, to prevent poverty by giving everyone something to begin with at 21
TP
Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1795–1797 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Humans will keep their jobs for a good long time because someone will need to keep AIs on task. — tap to centre the map on it
Humans will keep their jobs for a good long time because someone will need to keep AIs on task.
Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
NS
Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 'Money won't make you happy' is a social truth, not an individual one. — tap to centre the map on it
'Money won't make you happy' is a social truth, not an individual one.
Last stated 6 years ago
12 Mar 2021
NR
Naval Ravikant — holds since 2021-03-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it
“Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken.
Last stated 5 months ago
19 Jun 2026
RJ
Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it
A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off
TP
Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Achievement is wonderful when you know why you pursue it, and a trap when you do not — tap to centre the map on it
Achievement is wonderful when you know why you pursue it, and a trap when you do not
Last stated 11 years ago
27 May 2015
NP
Natalie Portman — holds since 2015-05-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Career is a means for maximizing utility rather than an end in itself. — tap to centre the map on it
Career is a means for maximizing utility rather than an end in itself.
Last stated a year ago
2 Oct 2025
AP
Anne Helen Petersen — holds since 2025-10-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Equality's danger is absorbing people in permitted pleasures, which may enervate rather than corrupt the soul — tap to centre the map on it
Equality's danger is absorbing people in permitted pleasures, which may enervate rather than corrupt the soul
AT
Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1840 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Ambition does not equate with happiness: in the Harvard aging cohort it was the people who lived average lives who reported being happiest. — tap to centre the map on it
Ambition does not equate with happiness: in the Harvard aging cohort it was the people who lived average lives who reported being happiest.
Last stated 2 months ago
24 Aug 2026
MH
Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Building the life you actually want takes discipline: to work out what you want, and to turn down cool, lucrative opportunities. — tap to centre the map on it
Building the life you actually want takes discipline: to work out what you want, and to turn down cool, lucrative opportunities.
Last stated 2 months ago
28 Aug 2026
RH
Ryan Holiday — holds since 2026-08-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Essentialism means rejecting the idea that if we can fit it all in, we can have it all — tap to centre the map on it
Essentialism means rejecting the idea that if we can fit it all in, we can have it all
Last stated 12 years ago
26 Jul 2014
GM
Greg McKeown — holds since 2014-07-26 — tap for who they are
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Forced retirement should end so that people can keep doing meaningful work for longer.
Last stated 11 Oct 2019 · 7 years ago
Holds Carl Honoré
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Retirement is bad for you; the right thing is to keep working on cool stuff until you die.
Last stated 20 Aug 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Pieter Levels
Similar wording
Swapping work for pensioned leisure in our sixties no longer makes sense because we live too long for it.
Last stated 11 Oct 2019 · 7 years ago
Holds Carl Honoré
Similar wording
Raising the retirement age could reduce the need for mass migration and fill market niches.
Last stated 23 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Joel Kotkin
Similar wording
Universal basic income is at most a small part of the answer to AI-driven job loss.
Last stated 7 Apr 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson Dario Amodei
Similar wording
Work has become more enjoyable for the millennial generation, even as the belief that meaningful work requires suffering has gone largely unquestioned.
Last stated 28 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Paul Millerd
Similar wording
Work can be rewarding and meaningful with long uninterrupted stretches of time
Last stated 31 Jan 2023 · 4 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Similar wording
It would be better, even economically, to prevent poverty by giving everyone something to begin with at 21
Last stated c. 1795–1797
Holds Thomas Paine
Similar wording
Humans will keep their jobs for a good long time because someone will need to keep AIs on task.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Noah Smith
Same subject: happiness
'Money won't make you happy' is a social truth, not an individual one.
Last stated 12 Mar 2021 · 6 years ago
Holds Naval Ravikant
Same subject: happiness
“Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken.
Last stated 19 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Robert Jones, Jr.
Same subject: happiness
A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off
Last stated c. 1792
Holds Thomas Paine
Same subject: motivation
Achievement is wonderful when you know why you pursue it, and a trap when you do not
Last stated 27 May 2015 · 11 years ago
Holds Natalie Portman
Same subject: motivation
Career is a means for maximizing utility rather than an end in itself.
Last stated 2 Oct 2025 · a year ago
Holds Anne Helen Petersen
Same subject: motivation
Equality's danger is absorbing people in permitted pleasures, which may enervate rather than corrupt the soul
Last stated c. 1840
Holds Alexis de Tocqueville
Same subject: ambition
Ambition does not equate with happiness: in the Harvard aging cohort it was the people who lived average lives who reported being happiest.
Last stated 24 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Masud Husain
Same subject: ambition
Building the life you actually want takes discipline: to work out what you want, and to turn down cool, lucrative opportunities.
Last stated 28 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Ryan Holiday
Same subject: ambition
Essentialism means rejecting the idea that if we can fit it all in, we can have it all
Last stated 26 Jul 2014 · 12 years ago
Holds Greg McKeown