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Christine

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1485 total appearances

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Tech Layoffs, Midlife Investing, and Parenthood in the Age of AI

And so I'm curious what your relationship is to the concept of enoughness and wonder how you practice it in your life, how you discuss it with your kids. and how you speak about it within your spheres of influence. So, you know, generally, how do you personally square the capitalist drumbeat of scarcity and never-enoughness with the real human need to feel sated?

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Tech Layoffs, Midlife Investing, and Parenthood in the Age of AI

And so I'm curious what your relationship is to the concept of enoughness and wonder how you practice it in your life, how you discuss it with your kids. and how you speak about it within your spheres of influence. So, you know, generally, how do you personally square the capitalist drumbeat of scarcity and never-enoughness with the real human need to feel sated?

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Tech Layoffs, Midlife Investing, and Parenthood in the Age of AI

And so I'm curious what your relationship is to the concept of enoughness and wonder how you practice it in your life, how you discuss it with your kids. and how you speak about it within your spheres of influence. So, you know, generally, how do you personally square the capitalist drumbeat of scarcity and never-enoughness with the real human need to feel sated?

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Tech Layoffs, Midlife Investing, and Parenthood in the Age of AI

I have a meowing cat. Let me...

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Tech Layoffs, Midlife Investing, and Parenthood in the Age of AI

I have a meowing cat. Let me...

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Tech Layoffs, Midlife Investing, and Parenthood in the Age of AI

I have a meowing cat. Let me...

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Tech Layoffs, Midlife Investing, and Parenthood in the Age of AI

Yeah. No. No, I don't. And actually, I was listening to your podcast the last couple of weeks, and I'm like, you know, honestly, all these people we're talking about, we're talking about them because at the core, they just don't feel enough. It's more than just what you have, it's who you are, it's how you are in the world. Do you feel like you are enough? Yeah.

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Tech Layoffs, Midlife Investing, and Parenthood in the Age of AI

Yeah. No. No, I don't. And actually, I was listening to your podcast the last couple of weeks, and I'm like, you know, honestly, all these people we're talking about, we're talking about them because at the core, they just don't feel enough. It's more than just what you have, it's who you are, it's how you are in the world. Do you feel like you are enough? Yeah.

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Tech Layoffs, Midlife Investing, and Parenthood in the Age of AI

Yeah. No. No, I don't. And actually, I was listening to your podcast the last couple of weeks, and I'm like, you know, honestly, all these people we're talking about, we're talking about them because at the core, they just don't feel enough. It's more than just what you have, it's who you are, it's how you are in the world. Do you feel like you are enough? Yeah.

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Tech Layoffs, Midlife Investing, and Parenthood in the Age of AI

We profile all these people who are essentially money addicts. We wouldn't profile somebody who's a heroin addict on your show, but we're like, cool, let's talk more about this money addict. This guy that's never going to fill up, never going to feel enough. Well, that's true.

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Tech Layoffs, Midlife Investing, and Parenthood in the Age of AI

We profile all these people who are essentially money addicts. We wouldn't profile somebody who's a heroin addict on your show, but we're like, cool, let's talk more about this money addict. This guy that's never going to fill up, never going to feel enough. Well, that's true.

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Tech Layoffs, Midlife Investing, and Parenthood in the Age of AI

We profile all these people who are essentially money addicts. We wouldn't profile somebody who's a heroin addict on your show, but we're like, cool, let's talk more about this money addict. This guy that's never going to fill up, never going to feel enough. Well, that's true.

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Tech Layoffs, Midlife Investing, and Parenthood in the Age of AI

But I think it comes from within, right? Like, I think it comes from within. I think that this is the crux, right? There's no amount of stuff in the world. And again, capitalism builds this in us. Capitalism builds inside of us. Like, that's what marketing is. It's literally the science of creating scarcity.

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Tech Layoffs, Midlife Investing, and Parenthood in the Age of AI

But I think it comes from within, right? Like, I think it comes from within. I think that this is the crux, right? There's no amount of stuff in the world. And again, capitalism builds this in us. Capitalism builds inside of us. Like, that's what marketing is. It's literally the science of creating scarcity.

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Tech Layoffs, Midlife Investing, and Parenthood in the Age of AI

But I think it comes from within, right? Like, I think it comes from within. I think that this is the crux, right? There's no amount of stuff in the world. And again, capitalism builds this in us. Capitalism builds inside of us. Like, that's what marketing is. It's literally the science of creating scarcity.

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Tech Layoffs, Midlife Investing, and Parenthood in the Age of AI

And I totally hear that, and I think that's true. But then I also hear you talking about, you know, you extol the virtues of Xi'an and Timu as great, you know, consumerist businesses, right? And it's like they're doing the thing that, again, like it works for money, for capital, but it doesn't work for the planet. It doesn't work for us as individuals, right?

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Tech Layoffs, Midlife Investing, and Parenthood in the Age of AI

And I totally hear that, and I think that's true. But then I also hear you talking about, you know, you extol the virtues of Xi'an and Timu as great, you know, consumerist businesses, right? And it's like they're doing the thing that, again, like it works for money, for capital, but it doesn't work for the planet. It doesn't work for us as individuals, right?

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Tech Layoffs, Midlife Investing, and Parenthood in the Age of AI

And I totally hear that, and I think that's true. But then I also hear you talking about, you know, you extol the virtues of Xi'an and Timu as great, you know, consumerist businesses, right? And it's like they're doing the thing that, again, like it works for money, for capital, but it doesn't work for the planet. It doesn't work for us as individuals, right?

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Tech Layoffs, Midlife Investing, and Parenthood in the Age of AI

So it's this weird dichotomy that we're enmeshed in.

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Tech Layoffs, Midlife Investing, and Parenthood in the Age of AI

So it's this weird dichotomy that we're enmeshed in.