Owen Raszkiewicz
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And what the researchers found was that it's actually not the BMW and the shiny car and the convertible that get the pleasure from, it's actually the scenery and the people that they're with.
We have this misconception that
having a material object like this is social proof, this gives us status.
Because going back to the Neanderthal days, we would think we'd be in a pack and that would be the way to feel safe.
And if we stood out in the pack, we were strong.
All these things were really, I guess, endearing to your character, but they're not so today.
In fact, it's quite the opposite.
So how much do I need to retire?
It's kind of the question which leads on to the back end of,
financial independence, retire early.
I've got a few figures here.
So $10.23, you'd probably need a little bit more than that.
$21.80, you know, it's a bit of a stretch.
I'll let you read that.
So where did the idea of retirement come from?
And in 1881, she's gone, a German by the name of
I'm going to say Otto von Bismarck, came up with this idea.
He was a notable figure and he had to make a decision because he had youth unemployment at 20%.
So there was no jobs for the young people.
So his idea was, we'll just kick out the old people and then put the young people in the jobs.