My son, a member of the optimization generation, where pretty much every aspect of his life will be tracked, measured, and ultimately ruled by the Alg, posed a fascinating question to me the other day. He simply asked, “How much should I work?”

Today I read something that reinforced what I have come to understand at some level but now I’m able to make a deeper connection.

A typical home improvement store here in the United States is more than 100,000 sq ft in size, and costs almost $20 million to build and $5 million to stock. Other big box stores would be similarly equipped and valued.