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He's half right. I enjoy being busy, as long as I'm doing things I want when I want. What my employer wants me to do is rarely on the top of that list.
Yes... Doing things we enjoy rather than working.
"We always want more. We think of new things to do, to create for each other, to want for ourselves. It's like a relative game. People are very focused on how they're doing relative to other people," the CEO said.
they had us in the first half. not gonna lie~
~~People~~ billionaires are very focused on how they're doing relative to other ~~people~~ billionaires.
Yes ... busy doing the stuff we want to do, not busy doing the stuff we have to do for a boss we hate!
Sam Altman says
Opinion discarded
If i force myself to read anything he's said, i make sure i read it in that pre-pubescent voice of his. I can never get past the way it sounds like he's straining to summon enough energy to make sound come out of his mouth. The ideas that couple with that hideous noise just make the situation magnitudes worse
I’d like to interject for a moment, but what you’re actually referring as Sam Altman isn’t his actual name, but as I’ve taken to calling him Scam Altman
His friend calls him Clammy Sam
Clamuel even
*Scamuel
Sam Altman is talking out of his ass again. More news at ten
Fuck whatever Scam Crapman says
Yes Sam, we are yearning for the mines, and for billionaires to abuse us even more...
I do enjoy working a lot
Doesn’t mean I wouldn’t prefer to work shorter weeks for companies that profit from me
Then I can spend more time on my own projects which is more rewarding
People enjoy productivity. People love working on things. But they don't enjoy working on things for someone else, all while getting nothing out of it but some financial compensation for their time wasted.
One of the most awful feelings is being too exhausted to work on your own projects. It's so unfulfilling and anti-human nature.
some financial compensation for their time wasted.
*As minimal financial compensation as possible, which must be constantly fought over too.
Why bother talking to guys like Sam? Why print what they say?
He isn't even an AI expert, his own employees have said so. He is just the adman.
It's probably just the usual of trying to appeal to people in power/higher position aka basic bootlicking.
Probably. Paris Marx just wrote a post about Musk that reminds me of this a bit https://disconnect.blog/elon-musks-tired-schtick/
Fuck you Sam. I hope a piano falls on you.
Sure, but I could use the extra time from not having to work as much to forage for berries and make tasty foods with them.
capitalists gonna capitalist. news at 10.
Well yeah, i enjoy being busy. It's even kinda necessary for me due to ADHD, if i sit still with nothing to do for too long, days to weeks, early symptoms of depression start to slowly creep in which will get worse over time.
I'd just like to be busy with my interests and hobbies, not damned work. Even though I actually do like my work.
Billionaires will only read your first sentence
We like to be busy, not exploited and not waste our lives doing meaningless drivel.
I would play games and work on my many many side projects. I'd have so much more time for that (and let's be honest, maybe some games) if we had 4 day work weeks!
The tech bro billionaires have a bright future planned for humanity. When jobs disappear, they’re hoping we all start fighting and killing each other until disasters reduce the global Population. Meanwhile, they will be shacked up in their remote luxury resorts riding out events until there are a few million people left who can then work as their very own serfs
last time I checked, Sam Altman was not an authority on humans
Is he even a human?
yes, they are in fact all just humans
Billionaires are a different species that should be hunted to extinction
Altman? Nah mofo trailer trash should be dead guy
I believe he is an Alternative man.
I publicly like to keep myself busy with non-work related activities.
Yeah, but like, being busy by doing things we enjoy doing
I retired young, at 38 years old. I'm not wealthy, just broken from 20 years of military service and receiving enough pay and benefits to cover my basic needs without having to work.
Do I want to be busy? Heck yeah! My days are so packed with stuff to do, I need to keep a schedule so I don't miss out on things going on in my life. I'm booked solid for at least a few years out on projects, events, socializing, and general fun activities.
Do I want to go back to work though? Fuck no. I gave up my personal freedom and a handful of my basic human rights to work for the govt for 2 decades. It's my time now.
I enjoy not having to wake up at god-awful hours of the morning. I enjoy not having to dress up and go to a job, where I'm stuck until a certain time of day regardless of my productivity level. I enjoy deciding each morning what my day is going to be like, or choosing not to face the day and just veg out in bed all day.
Most everyone wants to be busy. Most people want to live though, not work. I achieved that dream and get to live the rest of my life enjoying things. I just had to sacrifice my mind and body to "earn" it.
this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2026
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