Shane Smith
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It's just a fact. Maybe you're right.
That's harder. That's exactly right. It's a revamping of the education system because you're saying, well, all of these – we were – and this is another great thing on Gen X – We were built to be workers. Universal education is supposed to just be enough so you can be a good worker and a good taxpayer. And you get a job. And then, by the way, you get out of college and you already have debt.
That's harder. That's exactly right. It's a revamping of the education system because you're saying, well, all of these – we were – and this is another great thing on Gen X – We were built to be workers. Universal education is supposed to just be enough so you can be a good worker and a good taxpayer. And you get a job. And then, by the way, you get out of college and you already have debt.
That's harder. That's exactly right. It's a revamping of the education system because you're saying, well, all of these – we were – and this is another great thing on Gen X – We were built to be workers. Universal education is supposed to just be enough so you can be a good worker and a good taxpayer. And you get a job. And then, by the way, you get out of college and you already have debt.
Then you buy a consumer durable. You buy a fucking car. You buy a washing machine. And we'll give everybody that. But we give you debt. And then you buy a house. And then you're in debt. And then you finally get out of debt. And then you die. And so you just work, work, work, work, work. And by the way, you're exactly right. You had to get a job, J-O-B, not F-U-N.
Then you buy a consumer durable. You buy a fucking car. You buy a washing machine. And we'll give everybody that. But we give you debt. And then you buy a house. And then you're in debt. And then you finally get out of debt. And then you die. And so you just work, work, work, work, work. And by the way, you're exactly right. You had to get a job, J-O-B, not F-U-N.
Then you buy a consumer durable. You buy a fucking car. You buy a washing machine. And we'll give everybody that. But we give you debt. And then you buy a house. And then you're in debt. And then you finally get out of debt. And then you die. And so you just work, work, work, work, work. And by the way, you're exactly right. You had to get a job, J-O-B, not F-U-N.
It's just you go and you do it and they give you money.
It's just you go and you do it and they give you money.
It's just you go and you do it and they give you money.
But that's not true because all of this human endeavor is now going to be done by machines. And you're like, okay, now what do you got? And I agree 100%. It's going to be something that we can't even fathom, which is what do you really like to do? What do you love doing? By the way, building a table is worth more than fucking being a corporate executive.
But that's not true because all of this human endeavor is now going to be done by machines. And you're like, okay, now what do you got? And I agree 100%. It's going to be something that we can't even fathom, which is what do you really like to do? What do you love doing? By the way, building a table is worth more than fucking being a corporate executive.
But that's not true because all of this human endeavor is now going to be done by machines. And you're like, okay, now what do you got? And I agree 100%. It's going to be something that we can't even fathom, which is what do you really like to do? What do you love doing? By the way, building a table is worth more than fucking being a corporate executive.
Exactly. That's what I'm saying. Like, that's what we have to teach.