Do you know a lot about the welfare situation/program in Denmark?

The welfare program (kontanthjælp) is difficult to join and you are ineligible if your net worth exceeds 15.500 DKK (~€2000).

From my point of view, you have to be very creative to live a fulfilling life in Denmark, with such limited finances.

Then it's the best incentive to change your life and find a new meaning.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mole:_Undercover_in_North_...

Why do you think their life is devoid of meaning?

If I was in this situation, being a centibillionaire (or just having enough money for me and for my kids and their kids to never worry), I would write so, so, so much software. I have so many ideas for businesses, too, I just have no time and funds and I'm too risk-averse.

I think there was a bit of a jump-to-conclusion there.

> They have food and housing, but their life is devoid of meaning.

I find it difficult to relate to such worlds. I make up all kinds of explanations like, "well, it must be because while they have food and housing, they don't have any funds to entertain themselves". Or, "well, it must be because they simply haven't had sufficient education to reach an activation level where the higher tiers of Maslow's come into their line of sight".

And then I read about plenty of counter-examples, like wealthy offspring living the textbook aimless/dissolute/pick-your-adjective life, or the ennui of able-bodied welfare recipients with quite reasonable spending cash from generous Scandinavian welfare regimes when one considers the mind boggling amount of free media, free libraries, free parks, free entertainment in general in the developed world. Perhaps this is just part of their human condition for people suffering from this malaise.

And here I sit, drowning in ideas of what I would be interested to pursue to know our beautiful universe if only I had the time. So much so I write them down into a file just to quiet the cacophony in my head like a dog seeing squirrels everywhere he looks, just so I can get real work done on a timely basis, haha.

When once asked whether I'd ever be bored with eternal youth and boundless resources, I immediately replied an eternity is still too little time to satisfy my curiosity.