No one loves debt. I learned from the 1980s crash, the 1990s, the 2002 and 2008. They all left vivid memories; so much so that I became intrigued by the phenomenon. Why there is so much discrepancy between the real economy and the economy that was offered and showed on mainstream media.
We don’t want to change, we like the known and we sometimes fear the unknown. Nobody wants to downsize or to abandon the habits that we formed early in life. We build our believe systems quite early. They are nurtured by our characters, temperament and our environment. Cleaning is such a thing we don’t like to do. But sometimes we need to clean up our habits, our believes and the systems we depend upon. It is a future nobody wants and still we have to do it anyway because it might just be that someone else takes the lead and you suddenly find yourself without a future; or if you are lucky in a future you did not want, but you have to do it anyway.
Fast forward. It is almost February 2025 and I just keep repeating the title of this post. I finally know what to say here. The future nobody wants is about avoiding a world war 3. I make no jokes about it. I am absolutely serious.
Somewhere in the past years, I realized I didn’t want any zillionaires roaming around this planet. I don’t want a base on Mars or the moon. Why? Because it will all lead to power hungry ‘illionaires’, who wreck the planet. And I have enough of it. So, instead of voting, I thought, let’s try something else. First I vote with my money, second I vote with my time and third I vote with my effort.
I could only create the future that I want by creating and facilitating the safe spaces humanity needs. Both strategies at the same time. By supporting others, I will create the necessary time to create products that I want, regardless of the number of users. It is about safeguarding the space humanity needs to thrive. And I needed simply the time to work on it.
Since, last year I have joined the league of indiehackers. I am building a new social network totally build on ethics and values. You can join the waitinglist here https://makeacrowd.com. Sometimes you need to decide what future you want to live in. I made that decision a while ago.