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Clarity comments on Open thread, Sep. 12 - Sep. 18, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

1 Post author: MrMind 12 September 2016 06:49AM

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Comment author: Clarity 14 September 2016 12:20:28AM 1 point [-]

Is the NEET lifestyle of welfare more pleasant for the individual than a working life?

Comment author: niceguyanon 14 September 2016 01:32:28PM 4 points [-]

Unless you are wealthy being NEET is generally not a good thing IMO because you will feel crappy about being low status, and you will lack resources. Not sure what your definition of doing nothing is, but reasonable ones include eating at nice restaurants, expensive video games, gym memberships, courting mates, concerts, clothes, etc... doing nothing costs a fortune.

Comment author: Tripitaka 14 September 2016 03:52:17PM 1 point [-]

Also many of the more interesting eg fun things to do require quite a bit of money. Most forms of travelling, medical interventions, most hobbies like climbing/hiking/boardgames etc. etcetc.

Comment author: Pimgd 14 September 2016 12:27:40PM 3 points [-]

Needs expanding. Based on my personal experience with long vacations ... Yes, provided you work at home.

Just sitting on your ass all day playing games is pretty close to sticking a wire up your head. That's a lonely existence. It can be fun, if you turn your self-reflection off and just let yourself go. If you have enough cash, you can buy and watch what you want. But that's bound to be unhealthy, so I guess you'll end up with health problems at some point.

"Not in Employment, Education or Training" is not a bad thing. Retired people are NEET, kind of. And they can do just fine. So imagine what retired people would do. Maybe go on a world trip. Maybe have quiet rest? I think it's a great idea to position yourself as such that you don't need to work to live (UBI woooo), but to then go and just sit on your ass all day and just consume is boring.

Don't be a shut-in your whole life. Don't be a workaholic your whole life. Experience more.

Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 15 September 2016 08:17:47AM 2 points [-]

Depends on which individual.