"If everybody would turn to digitized work, there would be no hotels, bars and restaurants, means of transport etc."
I answered this criticism in my book The Way of The Intelligent Rebel, which urges people to start their own businesses.
Here's the excerpt:
"Sometimes, when I share some of the ideas I have been sharing with you, people say: ‘Fine, but if everyone acted like that, society would no longer exist. There would be no food, no one to look after children and the pets, and civilization would collapse.’
This always makes me laugh. It’s as if a firefighter were giving a motivational presentation to recruit firefighters and people said: ‘Hang on a bit, Sir, what would happen if everyone became a firefighter? There would be no farmers, and we would all die of hunger. Nor would there be any television producers or reality television shows, and that would be the end of civilization as we know it.’
How ridiculous!
As the startup incubator The Family put it: ‘Anyone can become an entrepreneur, but not everyone can be.’ What they mean is that not everyone can become an entrepreneur, but that an entrepreneur can come from any location, any social setting, any background.
Of the people who read this book, many will admit that I am right but won’t necessarily act on what I say because most people are not proactive."
"You are talking about a type of existence which will ever only apply to a very small minority of people"
I don't agree.
Remote working was greatly democratized during COVID, and is now affecting a growing proportion of the population, including middle-class employees.
Thanks for your comment Sandra.
"If everybody would turn to digitized work, there would be no hotels, bars and restaurants, means of transport etc."
I answered this criticism in my book The Way of The Intelligent Rebel, which urges people to start their own businesses.
Here's the excerpt:
"Sometimes, when I share some of the ideas I have been sharing with you, people say: ‘Fine, but if everyone acted like that, society would no longer exist. There would be no food, no one to look after children and the pets, and civilization would collapse.’
This always makes me laugh. It’s as if a firefighter were giving a motivational presentation to recruit firefighters and people said: ‘Hang on a bit, Sir, what would happen if everyone became a firefighter? There would be no farmers, and we would all die of hunger. Nor would there be any television producers or reality television shows, and that would be the end of civilization as we know it.’
How ridiculous!
As the startup incubator The Family put it: ‘Anyone can become an entrepreneur, but not everyone can be.’ What they mean is that not everyone can become an entrepreneur, but that an entrepreneur can come from any location, any social setting, any background.
Of the people who read this book, many will admit that I am right but won’t necessarily act on what I say because most people are not proactive."
"You are talking about a type of existence which will ever only apply to a very small minority of people"
I don't agree.
Remote working was greatly democratized during COVID, and is now affecting a growing proportion of the population, including middle-class employees.
See https://disruptive-horizons.com/p/digital-nomadism-disrupting-nation-states for the data and sources.