FlailingAce
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FlailingAce
1d ago
This is actually how I'm trying to design my future career to be 'AI-proof'. Not getting into details, I'm trying to open a fitness/adventure centered small business because I believe that kind of work 1) will continue to be valuable and human-centric even in Semi Automated Luxury world and 2) I'll be moving into the ownership/capitalist class while the opportunity still exists.
FlailingAce
1d ago
I'll just say, I've been in for just under eight years now, and never really saw any of this DEI stuff, beyond sometimes giving female officers commands they didn't really deserve (but that was really just down to stupid first-in-first-out policies where BN leadership slotted commanders based on timelines rather than aptitude).
The actual service members I've known are almost all pretty based, but in the cynical way of 'we'll play along with the woke bs because it's lower effort'. When the COVID shot mandates came around, people pushed back pretty hard until their jobs were on the line, and even then I knew a few who quit rather than submit.
The US military, to me, is socialism writ large, and plays out that way - everyone is doing the minimum wherever possible, except in the areas they personally think are important. If the boss says to do DEI, we'll check the required boxes and then move on. If the new boss says to forget DEI, great, it's gone.
FlailingAce
1d ago
Hey friend, just wanted to stop in and say I'm doing the same thing. In my twenties I had the dream of being 'significant', but have realized just how much pride was caught up in that. Much more healthy and virtuous is to be a part of your community first, and then if you do good there perhaps you will have expanding influence as a result. To that end I've abandoned my goal of being some kind of auteur, and instead got married, just become a deacon at my church, and am currently working on starting a local small business.
I don't want to oversimplify, but from everything I've read and experienced, the answer to raising healthy children can be summed up as 'spend time with them'. Children can be raised with all manner of philosophies, and as long as they have adults who care about them and give them attention, they'll almost certainly be okay.
That gives you an easy answer for what you should do as well. If you want to adopt, or by miracle conceive with your partner, you'll have to sacrifice what your life looks like now to make space for the child - and that's it. Whatever else you decide to do will probably be fine. Likewise, if you don't have a child of your own, you can make an effort to be part of the lives of children in your family or your community. Maybe it's too late for your sister's kids, but children at large are in desperate need of responsible adults who give a damn about them. As for rotting in old age - I dunno, if you don't want to connect with the younger generation, I guess you could make friends?
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