How to Be Useless
&gt; Framed in terms of today, we should not reduce ourselves to tools that serve others, or the economy, the greater good, or even our future selves (for example, the urge for young workers to work very hard to secure their future career).<p>I&#x27;m trying not to be cynical but when I read this sort of advice I can&#x27;t help but think &quot;it&#x27;s easy to say this, but we all need money, and life&#x27;s costs tend to go up&quot;. It seems like a lot of the folks talking about living simply or with less anxiety, etc, are already wealthy (but of course that is selection bias).<p>How do you reconcile the need for money with the need for youth to not secure their careers?