Why No One Wants to "Get a Job"
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Every single person is already worthy of respect without a job. It took a lot of propaganda to get us to the point where our entire lives are tied into working for a company to survive, but this mindset is dead wrong and leads to mental and physical illness.
Food grows out of the ground and water falls from the sky, we can build a system that over complicates the simple act of living, but we can't simplify life's free and basic resources to provide enough fresh food and clean drinking water for everyone?? Maybe.... working our current meaningless jobs is the exact action that takes away our ability and energy to build a smart system that works WITH nature to provide these resources with minimal work, pollution and wasted energy.
For example: We have Walmarts every 5 miles but we have 0 Walmart sized greenhouses to grow fresh local food with....
Yes. I think we prioritize our limbic system ("lizard brain" ie. primal/base desires) over our more evolved, long term oriented mind. As a result, this priority reflects our choices as consumers which in terms reflects the "problems" businesses find profitable to resolve. I believe we will transcend this over time.
@@steveantonioni agreed. We may be in the transitionary period of that time right now, considering the necessity for our survival to cease and reverse the effects of polluting our own Planet.
We are cells of this planet as much as our body is made of cells. Trees act like bronchioles in the lungs, rivers act as veins. If I had a virus destroying my lungs, poisoning my veins, genociding and exterminating my other cells and plugging my arteries, My body would become more volatile until the virus was gone or I was dead.
You CANNOT CONTROL weather climate rain until you can't do it you have to stay with what you have
@@krox477 a green house allows you to grow food almost anywhere. You don’t need to control the weather to grow food. We can control the temperature of an entire Walmart but you think it’s impossible to control the temperature of a Walmart sized greenhouse?? We have sprinkler systems to grow grass in front of homes and businesses but you think we can’t have an indoor sprinkler system to water food growing plants?
Nailed it! Well done. Totally agree.
If I learned anything in getting my degree in philosophy, it is that 1. there are no answers, only questions, and 2. the meaning of life is exactly what you make it.
I disagree, respectfully. Not being a dick. I appreciate you sharing your opinion.
1. imo everything has an answer (a cause you can trace back to source)(a law you can observe ie. math/physics)etc. Some questions just have much longer cause/effect chains than others and are therefore more easier to *shrug* and say "who knows".
2. imo that's a human-centric view. You can identify an objective purpose for anything (trees inhale c02 exhale 02). Evolution as a process has a clear objective purpose. If all the parts of a whole has an objective purpose, so does the whole.
But hey, "who knows" :P
@@steveantonioni Purpose and function are two separate things. Evolution has a function, not a purpose. Our natural world functions in a particular way, though deviations can be viewed pretty commonly and functions do change, this can be random and not purposeful. Not everything has an objective answer, i.e. not even physics (quantum).
The PRBLEM is there's infinite knowledge in world
@@steveantonioni Meaning and purpose are two different ideas, and evolution makes use of neither. Evolution is incidental. _We_ imbue the inanimate with their apparent patterns, and we do this _post hoc._ The real "human-centric view" is the one that prefers to see something as having any clear, objective purpose.
Further, purpose doesn't scale. Parts may have their purpose, and that purpose may contribute to another, emergent property, but the new property will have a separate "whole" purpose. White bloods cells attack foreign bodies with zero concern for your sniffle, as you blow your nose to evacuate their spent husks with zero concern for their sacrifice.
_Who knows_ is a thought-terminating cliche we use to be nice. But at its root, it's totally in agreement with Relativism, which is precisely what OP was making use of in point 2.
Hahaha I see what you did there :D
A great and thought provoking video - thanks. I particularly like your comments about the game, and about builders and players. I think people who want to be a builder often need to work as a player for some years, in order to build a stake (as you did), both in financial and competence / marketability terms. A critical element of that strategy, in my view, is to learn how to live well on a small income. Fuelled by a desire to be a ‘free builder’, learning that is not really hard. Whether you are a player or a builder, success requires a lot of determination, learning and effort. There’s no free ride.
As a self employed person who has a negative net worth, let me tell you that you don’t need capital to be free. 🙃
I don’t want to get a Job because Shein and Ai will steal my fucking art and sell it for far less and have no consequences putting me out of business
I am underpaid and overworked, all through the pandemic I was at the office. I stopped going to happy hours and the boss got offended thinking I don't like anyone, I said straight up it's a waste of time.
He gave me this side eye look.
They can all eat these nuts.
That’s the spirit
I love you!
What happened to being able to just work and go home? Why do companies expect their employees to participate in all these “extra-curricular activities”? If you wanna go to networking summits or happy hours with your coworkers, that’s fine. If you don’t, that’s fine too. But no one should be expected to make their jobs the center of their universe.
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I hate the concept of team building. Seems they want you to only have your job, no time for family and friends, or better to say they want your colleges to become your family and friends.
He talks normally if you change it to 1.25x speed
I’m more of a 2x guy. Got things to do.
You mean talk in a speed it's impossible to follow what he is saying? I must say, i really like the more relaxed way of being
YES, YES AND YES! you couln´t have put it in better words, I completely Identify with you. Once you realized you simply cannot stand being in a traditional job life and cannot tolerate other people determining your time and future, you just know for a fact you are in the wrong place. It is really hard to express this to the average person because most people are okay living that life, and they even perceive you as being ungrateful for thinking that way, they simply don´t get it, most people don´t even think there is a different way of living available.
can you give an example of another way of living because i feel trapped myself
@@AnonforGod777 Hi there! One way is saving an ungodly amount of money for a few years to invest it in the stock market (S&P 500 and others) and then be able to retire somewhat early, like in your 40s or 50s. OR you can try the entrepreneurial way by making your own business. Or you can focus on transitioning to remote work that alleviates stress levels significantly and allows you to have more than one job at a time so that you can save a lot more money and invest. Hope this helps, it certainly helped me :)
A job is a social construct that ties your self-worth to an external entity that takes your energy, time and effort in exchange for currency that inevitably loses its value from inflation over time. And that currency you exchange your life force for, you are taxed even further on before it's even given to you. That's where a job and purpose differ. Having purpose goes deeper. That's why every human being searches for it. If you give that energy, time and effort to a purpose, the return is far greater. We all need money to survive though, so be strategic about this. The rat race is not an easy escape but it can be done with love, awareness, patience and creativity.
What about "no one wants to get married and have kids"? Is that the current state of our society?
Yes. An increasing amount of people are choosing to delay or forgo both of those things. Countries are increasingly relying on immigration for population stabilization and growth. Can have negative consequences if trend persists too long. Root problems must be solved but I doubt they will be. More likely bandaids.
Yes
Love that you are tackling these complex topics for people in this sphere of life. Not everyone would truly enjoy the freedom that being a builder involves, but those of us who do can't help but be dissatisfied with the alternative.
A job is just a way for many people to show they are worthy of respect. If you can show you are worthy of respect without a job, good on you.
I guess it couldn’t have anything to do with feeding one’s family, or putting/keeping a roof over their heads. Stuff like that.
@@dlj1285no, ones value is based on ones ability or need to be an asset to society, not to just provide shelter for 3 or 4 people, If you don't work or have something valuable to do with your life and your time, you will get on everyone's nerves, because you literally don't have sh*t do.
A person is worthy of respect regardless of whether or not they have a job
@@harvey8138 Sure, you do you. This will potentially scale to a situation where one has nothing to worry about but themselves, but soon as one does have something meaningful in their life to support the party is over real quick. If we want to be real about it.
@@homelessmillionaire1 I understand that. My point was that showing you are worthy of respect without a job is a lot easier if you only have yourself to worry about, are not a provider, etc…Being a provider brings a different dynamic.
As for what anyone else thinks, I sincerely could care less. As people mature I like to think that they grow out of worrying about the thoughts that others have of them more generally.I don’t mind what I do, but I certainly don’t do it because of some deep desire for respect from others. I need to support my family. Period. If that brings some “respect” then great. If it doesn’t then that’s fine to.
"God: What is a job?
Human: It’s when you work at a place and people call when their game doesn’t work and you help them.
God: What do you need that for?
Human: For money
God: What do you need money for?
Human: Food?"
-Louis CK.
Just looked it up, that's a good bit lmao
"but it doesn't have like bacon around it" my favourite part lol
My greatest concern is how to recover from all these economic and global troubles and stay afloat especially with the political power tussle going on in US.
Such market uncertainties are the reason I don’t base my market judgements and decisions on rumors and here says, got the best of me 2020 and had me holding worthless position in the market, I had to revamp my entire portfolio through the aid of an advisor, before I started seeing any significant results happens in my portfolio, been using the same advisor and I’ve scaled up 750k within 2 years, whether a bullish or down market, both makes for good profit, it all depends on where you’re looking.
Having a counselor is essential for portfolio diversification. My advisor is "Jenny Pamogas Canaya. who is easily searchable and has extensive knowledge of the financial markets.
Working any job sucks. Work sucks. Anyone who loves their job is lying.
Working in the military sucks. As a painter my main worries are everything else but painting.
I was a carpenter for many years, and enjoyed my work from the standpoint of seeing a finished product, and worked with some very good people. The physical aspect of the job wasn’t always great(mostly weather related), but it was like life: some days weren’t as enjoyable as others.
NopeI know many doctors who work long hours and still love it
There are people who truly love what they do, but these are very rare.
Hi Stephen, these last few videos have been resonating with a lot. I also follow Dan Koe. Could you create some videos on good ways to generate income through the information revolution? I know there's a lot of them out there but want to see your take.
Working on it for next week!
I worked Corporate Amerika, the Army and manual labor of 45 years before I was able to retire. I strongly support and encourage anyone who does not want to do that.
And no one talks about mental independence!
100% agree. The way I've thought about this recently is to find a way to position yourself adjacent to big problems that demand solutions. For example, I started out as an end user of a software system but have learnt how to implement it for organisations because the money is better doing this.
This ties in with your recent video about leverage too. The sooner we develop skills that pay well, the sooner we can detach from full time work to focus on things that matter to us.
Thank you.
I’m slowly teaching myself code.
This was a fucking awesome video man - really got me thinking
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Better 9-5 than 9-9 job. I know many people who work that long that they literally don't have a time to go to the hairdresser. They are physically and psychologically destroyed.
I don't care be apart of any of this crap 🤷🏿♀️ i never cared to be lol its crazy how I was tossed into this mess and i never asked for it smh
I am going through a face realizing I did years of all work and no play. I am currently unemployed have had many offers but I already know what’s gonna happen in the work place since I work in healthcare.
Really enjoying your videos these days. I appreciate you noting at the end that there's nothing wrong with being anywhere in the hierarchy - I think what matters; our concious choice to be where we are, and if we don't want to be there, actively moving towards a place we desire to be. I think it's hard to let go of the societal / familial expectations, but in the end, our own contentment and feeling of meaning in our own lives is what matters most imo. Here's to us all finding that, however it may look!
I feel so heard, thank you!✨
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JOB = Just Over Broke
I think this game sucks. We need a better game.
I pooped on the game back in 2008. Off grid ever since.
16:18 I feel like you were telling my story🙀this video is insanely informative. I wonder if most of those that watch this video are on the same level in this game 🧐this is deep thanks!!❤im a builder!!
I'm currently struggling with the question whether I should go on my successful career or become a freelance artist. The answer is to become an artist and my body is screaming it out, but I'm still not brave enough to change my life
It's safe to say that the last 3 years caused a semisic shift in introversion perspective for all to actually look up from their cubicles, their phones, and computers and ask themselves what exactly are they fucking doing with their life and whether should they continue to do what they are doing right now with all the madness going on? What appeared to be a "doomsday" event got people asking the hard questions finally that not many ever get to really do properly and because of that, here we are. People like you now exist in creating content as such for people like me who are also in the same boat. Although my goals don't quite align fully with yourself, one thing is clear, I woke up and I am not going back to the old ways I did.
If i wasn't a strong believer in God i would for sure just end it all without a problem. Everyone's just going in circles for ink on paper being completely time broke and usually broke in general. Most are miserable and all that young joy is completely gone in most. Very very meaningless. All I want to do is spend time with people but im made to go everyday to a mealiness Job while everyone around me is time poor. Also after 2020 everyone became socially very strange so i basically live in hell. I think back then when they use to at least have small communities life was at least somewhat meaningful. People would meet up at bakery's and shops everyday. Now were all on concrete highways with psychopaths in control of everything. LIke no offense but your face lit up when you started talking about making a lot of money and how it can be conceivable . This world just isnt for me
Long time fan, first time commenter (I think). Would love your opinion on why this type of material and even basic economics is still not taught at schools? It certainly wasn’t when I was educated in England in the 90’s and it’s not here in Australia now my children are in the education system. Love your work btw
If I were to overly simplify it:
Schools don't teach it > People aren't aware of it > People become teachers > Schools don't teach it
Or… lizard people..?
Kidding, thanks for the reply! I think if 16yr old me would have understood a lot of the concepts you discuss and read more books on how the economic/ capitalist machine works I would have gone rogue there and then. I look forward to educating my own kids on these subjects when the time comes.
Oh man, leaving the game sounds good. Having responsibility for a family changes the relationship with the job game though, and getting out is probably out of most people's ability due to how the shit is setup by the winners on top. Maybe my cartoons will take off and I win the lottery though.
Fucking love it all. Am I the only one with a house (27) and I find myself in the 2nd bottom rung WTF -edit- I am enjoying my month off sabbatical!
The economy is sooooooooo terrible and disturbing that as a homeless person with no job ( thousands of rejections for applications ) I am forced to hand clear land I bought, create my own stable foundation by hand and soon make my own logs to hand build a log cabin home just to have a roof over my head. Mortgages and gouged rentals are criminally insanely high and nothing in America is affordable anymore. I am going to have to grow my own food too because I can no longer afford 99% of food in grocery store or its poisoned with bioengineered fake ingredients. First time ever I will most likely be using food pantries until I die. No longer interested in participating in capitalism the dumpster fire 🚫🚫🚫. I have almost no money and I no longer am playing the fake game of destitution and slavery and being decieved! Let God and Mother Nature provide for me. Everything else is trash. Including 90% of humans on realm Earth. The last 30 to 40 years of my life are only for me. Let the wealthy criminal class eat poop.
If you can support yourself within a job, that's great. Sitting home in your twenties and living in your parents house is not a way forward.
Congrats on your journey I remember watching your video about leaving your corporate job year ago you had less than 50k subs. I'm in the same boat to transition into my own business and inspired by your story and coverage of this topic.
I retired in 2020 at 35 just as covidia hit, worker bee life is just slavery, couldn't do it again, would definitely go to jail
The reason that there is something rather than nothing is that God created the universe.
When you ask "why is any of this here?" are you referring to The Game or are you referring to all of creation?
Yep. I accomplished a lot in my career to date. I feel no shame and have nothing to prove. Not everyone can say theyve done what i have. Now i must balance my life
Very well said 👏
Love this video. Very simple and straightforward. I have watched a few other videos like this from you. Excellent job in those as well!
Currently employed as a player, but one day I would hope to be a builder. 👍😁
Love that you referenced Dan Koe. Love both your work
Paul Chek has been talking about this for decades. The system is based off of the "plantation system".
Can you give titles of some videos?
What do you think about people being inappropriately designated to a division of labour? STEM fields have a way of weeding out those who aren't matched but what about artistic fields?
Oh I think it’s incredibly common. Especially for people who are generalists instead of specialists.
Very well explained and illustrated. Top value
I am a builder, I was a player.
There is always welfare.
Amen
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9:28 because of agency problems resolved next, personally this is not a profound question I think its really dumb surface level thinking now the real questions you should be asking is what is it like to transcend limitlessness
I might be a new age hippie. No hate tho actually agree with this video.
This video also serves as a good reminder about "The Game" for those who are still playing.
Well played, now reset the clock 😂
It’s true. Today your entire value is your net worth in dollars and cents. So long to the high school science teacher.
Was happy until AI doomed everything
A job is about more than work. Even a garbage man can enjoy being around the people they work with. The biggest problem with people not wanting to work is the self-worth they believe a job bestows upon them and the notion that a job is always supposed to be enjoyable. It's simply not true. Respect should be the reward for any job. The simple fact that you're trying to support yourself and not leech off others is something to be proud of and if a job is always supposed to be enjoyable then we wouldn't need recreational activities.
I'm on welfare and enjoy it very much.
I agree with much of this Tony
I haven't met any young kids who think a job is " always" supposed to be enjoyable but I have met many who do not wish to manual labor anymore. Yes jobs provide people with social contact, a sense of purpose and often define key aspects of us. That's all true. However not all jobs are equally valued in society. That garbage man is looked down upon by most those he serves. Parents don't raise there kids in hopes they can be a garbage collector. They raise them to be Drs. Lawyers. Just go learn to code was the rallying cry for years. Learn AI and software development is probably the current push. Teachers push stem fields and college so " you don't end up having to labor someday." Problem is not everyone can be a tech genius and not everyone is going to fit in college. Jobs long since gave up trying to provide a living wage or ensure employees were treated with decency. People want to work. What they do t want is an abusive boss and to have their ideas constantly bashed. At least working for yourself there is the hope of making it and if your boss treats you badly well that's on you. I'm custodial at a school. I've known a good many people who actually loved the job. They were all older generation like myself. Raised believing a job would provide security and wealth. Had lived through times where benefits were not a thing at most jobs and had seen the unions win ground. But the kids? No they don't want a contract, they all Uber as their main gig and hope to start something on their own. Can't understand why I can't leave, I did my work why do I have to stay? What do you mean I won't get paid for the time if I go home? I did the work! Lol. Yeah dude hourly jobs don't work that way. Lunch is 30 minutes and you got to come in when they say so. Yeah you can clean the rooms just as well later but that's not how hourly work goes. 🤣🤣. Us older folks were raised a bit differently.
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Agree with a lot of that but I have met people who won't work, or hold a job because they expect everything to be fun. That's always been a thing with kids but now I'm seeing with adults.
I'm 60 and it's true that society and parents push the notion that certain jobs have higher value/status but it's worse than that now. It's not just a job that people think makes them 'better' than others but their level of education. A lot of unemployed people think they're better than people doing manual labor simply because they have a degree. And I've seen respected people claim merit and education are one and the same.
We're older and we both know a kid fresh out of college doesn't have more merit that a guy with a high school diploma who's done a job for years but it's a pervasive belief. I see it as a sort of good old boy network among college graduates that elevates their own worth by claiming more and more jobs require a degree.
As for the way society views certain jobs I don't know what we do about that. It's a problem with arrogance. Yeah sure a doctor is more important than a garbage man but is a guy doing face lifts really more important that a guy getting rid of garbage and the disease it can cause? Is the truck driver who delivers food to millions less important than the guy creating ads to increase sales of soda pops?
A lot of this is self-generated. We seek ways to elevate our importance and when you invest years in schooling you want it to represent status and value. But the truth is it's what you do with it that determines it's real value. A PHD working at McDonald's is of no greater value than a high school dropout. It's the harsh truth that those responsible for creating an economy where a PHD can't find a suitable job also promote the notion that your self-worth is tied to what you know rather than what you do. And they do it to deflect accountability.
This is why we see the 'living wage' argument about jobs that were always considered more suited for teenagers living with their parents paid what is best described as training wages. Not jobs meant to support anyone. The 'living wage' argument deflects from the fact that they've failed so miserably that such jobs are now viewed as careers.
I've rambled on enough and probably got a lot of stuff wrong. It's just my observations over 45 years of working everything from manual labor to desk jobs from working offshore to travelling nationwide from pushing brooms to managing dozens of people. Every single one of those jobs had it's good and bad points and contrary to what a lot of young people think the so-called easy jobs weren't the most enjoyable.
If you're a good person you're going to endure more stress and lose a lot more sleep over worrying about the people you're responsible for than a job where your only responsibility is to yourself. Life is much more enjoyable when you leave your job and it's worries behind you everyday when you walk out the door. Jobs that follow you home, on vacation, on a date and to the club make it very hard to actually enjoy life but they're the ones that pay the most and offer the best chance for advancement. More people need to recognize that when they're being jealous, envious or hateful of those who appear to be doing less work than them.
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Hey Stephen,
It's Damian here, we spoke a few weeks ago over Zoom (I'm from Australia).
Just wanted to say I appreciate this video. I very much relate to wanting to be a "builder".
Your conversation also guided me to also start a TH-cam channel (this account).
The niche is still being worked out, but the focus is teaching younger people (21-25) things I've learnt about business, life and the corporate world (yeah I know...I still value in experiencing that environment, perhaps not for too long).
It would be cool to meet you in person one day (if I ever get to Canada, or wherever you are based!).
Regards,
Damian
Congrats man! The first step is the most important one :)
Use this time to experiment a lot on the actual content (what's inside the box) and then once you feel like that is in a good spot, focus on the packaging (what's outside the box ie. thumbnails, titles) to start capturing attention.
Can’t wait until you have kids and how your ideas and “ constructs” evolve and change with that most significant “ before and after” event
I'm sure they will