# The meaning of life

Ask any psychologist, and they will tell you that a person needs some kind of purpose in life and must find meaning in what they do.

Until now, work has been our source of meaning, but that seems to be changing. What is a person supposed to do if… theoretically… they do not have to do anything?

We need compulsion—but what would modern humans want to compel themselves to do?

Work will no longer be compulsory… so what will? Is there any natural compulsion? Because if there is not, there is a risk that other people will generate artificial forms of compulsion.

Fortunately, there is one natural compulsion—one thing you will certainly not delegate to AI. And that thing is: Remaining free!

After all, if AI can theoretically do everything for you—answer every question, calculate whatever you want—there will always be a risk that it will enslave you, regardless of whether it is controlled by a human or not.

So, in a post-scarcity world, what else would there be for us to do but make sure that we do not allow ourselves to be enslaved?

Therefore, if you no longer need to know how to do almost anything, learn this one thing truly well: how to preserve your freedom and independence. Start with how to create and securely store a private key. Then learn what you can do with it.

