This is a sad article…
The New York Times just put out an article about the Silicon Valley. In short, it’s talking about how I should (apparently) feel really depressed. Some quotes:
“You’re nobody here at $10 million,” Mr. Kremen said earnestly over a glass of pinot noir
Or how about:
“I ask myself all the time,” Ms. Baranski confessed, “why I do this.”
I’m not sure what the point of the article, but I think it’s been lost on me. I hope that I never get to the point in my life where I’m working hard at my job because everyone else around me has MORE money (which is how the whole area is painted in the article).
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There was also this companion article.
That article is a great example of what I think is wrong with people when it comes to money. I’m not sure what most people think it means to live well, but beyond having enough money to pay for essentials (not retarded wants), it largely consists of doing the things you find meaningful. The people featured in the article pretty clearly have no meaning in their own lives or else they wouldn’t be substituting it with a desire to keep up with the Joneses.