I have read so many great posts here on Active Rain.  You guys are so smart and you seem to be having so much fun too!  Have you ever thought of working part time or full time even for Google or another company?

I  recently read an article about Google and it's workplace.  Seems the employees have lots of freedom and fun...on the job.  Early employees were rewarded with stock options that turned quite a lot of them into multimillionaires. How does Google keep them coming to work? By making working for Google as nearly as possible to the job those people would choose if they didn't have to work for a living--because they don't.

There have always been people who put their passion into play rather than work, but most of them were rich. This is not the case for me though.  They include many of the people that companies like Google most want. They are productive enough when they work, so that they can afford, if they wish, to spend most of their time playing.

For a more extreme example, assume, as I think quite possible, that sometime in the next few decades we solve the aging problem. Having retired at 65 with a modest but adequate pension, what do you do for the next 50 or a 100 years? The answer may depend a lot on what looks like fun.

If this view of the future is correct, quite a lot of companies ought to be emulating Google's approach. It is hard for work to compete with play, but it's not always impossible. Human beings want to have fun, but they also want to accomplish something, and in that dimension working for Google has some real advantages.