This is the third post in a series about The Joy of Missing Out. Here is Part 1 and here is Part 2.
Category: Life
Not Making it on My Own
This seemed like a good follow up to the previous post. Even if people aren’t deliberately gaming the system, it’s often strongly tilted in their favor.
Gaming the System
Many rich people game the system, and many poor people have no problem with this, because the U.S. national mythology promotes the idea that they too can become rich, despite the U.S. having much less social mobility than many other countries.
This comic was mistakenly posted briefly on December 31. You are now seeing it on the correct, carefully planned day 😁.
Truth and Reality
Staying Alive
It’s fascinating to read about the research into extending life and to wonder about the consequences of achieving this.
Larry Nassar
Funny how one thought leads to another….
Demonstrating our Patriotism
It’s great to be patriotic, but how does one demonstrate one’s patriotism?
Living a Little Life
There are advantages to living a little life.
If you enjoyed this comic, you’d be doing the cats a big favor by forwarding it to someone else who might like it.
Without a Dread
In 1930, the economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that technological change and productivity improvements would eventually lead to a 15 hour workweek. Yet he was also concerned that people would not know how to use all that extra free time.
JOMO -Part 2
This comic, Part 1, and Part 3, were inspired by the wonderful book Four Thousand Weeks, by Oliver Burkeman.
If you enjoyed this comic, you’d be doing the cats a big favour by forwarding it to someone else who might like it.
