"Caring about your indefinite posterity lets you be part of something greater than yourself."
I think that's the problem with de Boer's take; if you have idle trust fund kids, your wealth will basically be depleted in one generation. imo only works if people have a sense of mutual obligation to each other, so that each generation building on, not wasting, the resources of future generations. In other words, a mindset built around a sense of purpose not around riches for their own sake.
Thanks for the shoutout, and I loved this line:
"Caring about your indefinite posterity lets you be part of something greater than yourself."
I think that's the problem with de Boer's take; if you have idle trust fund kids, your wealth will basically be depleted in one generation. imo only works if people have a sense of mutual obligation to each other, so that each generation building on, not wasting, the resources of future generations. In other words, a mindset built around a sense of purpose not around riches for their own sake.