Many of us have found our goals and desires shift a lot over time. I think there are some commitments flexible enough to be a good idea (like I’m happy I took the 10% pledge), while others lock you in in ways that won’t be good for your long-term impact. My own sense of the best ways to have impact has changed a lot over time. This is also true for many others in the community.
Aside from other things that people value after retiring, there are forms of mentorship and contribution that can last long after you’re no longer doing a standard workweek. Peter Singer is 79 and retired as a university professor but still seems to have a busy speaking and writing schedule. The closing speaker at EAG Boston 2023 was then-93-year-old geneticist Matthew Meselson, speaking about his work preventing biowarfare and about preventing future pandemics.
I agree with Denkenberger that there’s a lot of uncertainty about what life will look like in a few decades, including uncertainty about any given career, if careers will even be a thing, if money will be less useful or more useful, etc.
Being pulled between your parents’ wishes and your own is always tough! Wishing you the best in your decisions.
Many of us have found our goals and desires shift a lot over time. I think there are some commitments flexible enough to be a good idea (like I’m happy I took the 10% pledge), while others lock you in in ways that won’t be good for your long-term impact. My own sense of the best ways to have impact has changed a lot over time. This is also true for many others in the community.
Aside from other things that people value after retiring, there are forms of mentorship and contribution that can last long after you’re no longer doing a standard workweek. Peter Singer is 79 and retired as a university professor but still seems to have a busy speaking and writing schedule. The closing speaker at EAG Boston 2023 was then-93-year-old geneticist Matthew Meselson, speaking about his work preventing biowarfare and about preventing future pandemics.
I agree with Denkenberger that there’s a lot of uncertainty about what life will look like in a few decades, including uncertainty about any given career, if careers will even be a thing, if money will be less useful or more useful, etc.
Being pulled between your parents’ wishes and your own is always tough! Wishing you the best in your decisions.