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← Retirement is bad for you; the right thing is to keep working on cool stuff until you die.

17 connected korrents · 18 moments from 13 Nov 2011 to 4 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under investing investing Everything filed under management management Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Retirement is bad for you; the right thing is to keep working on cool stuff until you die. Retirement is bad for you; the right thingis to keep working on cool stuff until youdie. Last stated 2 years ago 20 Aug 2024 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2024-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Retirement, when it comes, will be a retirement from customers and commerce, not from building and sharing things. — tap to centre the map on it Retirement, when it comes, will be aretirement from customers andcommerce, not from building andsharing things. Last stated 3 months ago 26 Jul 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: There are no bad ideas among qualified people starting technology companies; there is only timing and execution. — tap to centre the map on it There are no bad ideas amongqualified people starting technologycompanies; there is only timing andexecution. Last stated 5 years ago 25 Jan 2022 MA Marc Andreessen — holds since 2022-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Good economic times tend to produce bad financial ideas, while bad times produce good ones. — tap to centre the map on it Good economic times tend to producebad financial ideas, while bad timesproduce good ones. Last stated 3 months ago 14 Jul 2026 JZ Jason Zweig — holds since 2026-07-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Living for as long as possible is worth wanting: if you enjoy life now, more of it is simply better. — tap to centre the map on it Living for as long as possible isworth wanting: if you enjoy lifenow, more of it is simply better. Last stated 4 months ago 16 Jun 2026 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good work life is about the work, not the environment — tap to centre the map on it A good work life is about the work,not the environment Last stated 3 weeks ago 4 Oct 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-02-09 — tap for who they are SP Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: The right amount of work for a parent is somewhere between doing none and doing everything, not at either extreme. — tap to centre the map on it The right amount of work for aparent is somewhere between doingnone and doing everything, not ateither extreme. Last stated 10 months ago 31 Dec 2025 PM Paul Millerd — holds since 2025-12-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: The right way to work is to do whatever feels right for as long as it feels right, and read your time back at the end of the week — not to obey a timetable. — tap to centre the map on it The right way to work is to dowhatever feels right for as long asit feels right, and read your timeback at the end of the week — not toobey a timetable. Last stated 2 years ago 23 Mar 2025 RV Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: He does not believe in succession planning; the real work is passing on knowledge continuously, and he hopes to die on the job. — tap to centre the map on it He does not believe in successionplanning; the real work is passingon knowledge continuously, and hehopes to die on the job. Last stated 7 months ago 23 Mar 2026 JH Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-03-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — 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 youknow why you pursue it, and a trapwhen 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: AI is not a limited-time sale: the people furthest along are working harder than ever, and they need to stop harvesting dopamine as if it ends in two weeks. — tap to centre the map on it AI is not a limited-time sale: thepeople furthest along are workingharder than ever, and they need tostop harvesting dopamine as if itends in two weeks. Last stated 7 months ago 8 Apr 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: An unstarted, unresolved task is more mentally exhausting than almost any other kind of task. — tap to centre the map on it An unstarted, unresolved task ismore mentally exhausting than almostany other kind of task. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 GR Gretchen Rubin — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A life spent without taking bets on being early on an idea is one not lived to the fullest — tap to centre the map on it A life spent without taking bets onbeing early on an idea is one notlived to the fullest Last stated 2 years ago 8 Jun 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-06-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Clear, hierarchical goals turn a random walk into a chase — tap to centre the map on it Clear, hierarchical goals turn arandom walk into a chase MC Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — holds since c. 1996 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every company eventually must fight for its life instead of running from the battle — tap to centre the map on it Every company eventually must fightfor its life instead of running fromthe battle Last stated 15 years ago 13 Nov 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-11-13 — tap for who they are
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At the centre 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 Read this korrent →