Link: The angst of Silicon Valley (Scripting News). We die. Those were the two words that made the cluetrain manifesto the great read that it was/is--markets as conversations yes, but within the context of our own mortality. It is only through recognizing our own mortality that we begin to get a perspective on the important issues in life, only a subset of which have to do with what we do for a living and the benefits we derive therefrom.
If you believe, as I do, that all good things in the universe happen through divine grace, then you will have no problem understanding why those among us (see link above) with north of a million dollars (or several million) in net worth do not feel secure with such a pittance. There is no amount of net worth that will make people feel secure. Security, if it can be had at all given the "heartaches and the thousand natural shocks the flesh is heir to," comes from what we believe in and the way that we live.
There is nothing wrong with material wealth, only a fool would believe that there is. However, the Beatles had it right: "I don't care too much for money, because money can't buy me love" nor much of anything that is really worth having! I would rather spend my days doing what I love and earn a modest living than to be a "fat man in the eye of a needle."
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