If technology is the future... then why aren't more people retiring sooner?
This is going to be a very short post where I ask a bunch of questions and let you (the reader) put 2+2 together
Ever since I was a child, I’ve questioned how the world works.
Fast forward a few recessions and here I am: an adult… with the same questions. Ok, but this time I use words like “the way in which” instead of “how” — because that’s how us educated grown up folks are meant to speak, of course.
I find myself asking the same kinds of questions because most of the answers that I get just aren’t good enough. Here are a few to think about:
If single-use plastics are so bad for our health and for the environment, then why did we just spend the last 2-3 years using plastic to protect ourselves?
If frontline workers are so essential for our society to function, then why don’t we pay them more?
If technology is claiming to make our lives easier, then why do statistics about the economy show that financial freedom is becoming more unattainable for people who weren’t born into generational wealth?
I thought that starting my career in the fintech industry would give me answers. Yet here I am, still confused. I guess I can just blame it on my poverty mindset for not hustling hard enough.
Let me wrap this article up here, because I know that I need to make sure my content isn’t too lengthy in order to prevent you (the reader) from diverting your attention to another tech platform that isn’t Substack.
In conclusion:
the economy is a strange game that I seem to have unknowingly signed up for without reading the terms and conditions.
On the bright side:
at least I have a rapidly growing digital universe that can help me feel better about the persistently-downward-trending cycles of poverty, debt, and social decline :-)
The end.
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