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... but what about the world?

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... but what about the world?

Interesting post.

I think I know many people who are actually living that way - most of them actually don’t know that they do it. They do their job just to earn enough money to survive and the rest of their time they spend having fun.

Also I have considered whether I want to live my life that way. However I started thinking… what about the world? What would happen to the world if everyone started living that way?

Of course the world would be a lot more friendly, peaceful and fun then. However I think the problem is that the world would come to an end soon… We would run out of water, oil, electricity and food. Everyone would do easy jobs that earn enough to support his or her life and the difficult tasks would not be done by anyone.

I do not believe that the world can survive for long if everyone just does the absolute minimum.

Maybe I am wrong or maybe I misunderstood the text. Please let me know what you think.

Death and Underachievement: A Guide to Happiness in Work By: norbauer (38 replies) December 31, 2007 - 5:33pm
 
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