july

We spend and spend and spend and hold nothing in our hands

creating and destroying; built flying cars & autonomous vehicles, now building /faust, more here: /july, web: july.rocks

Ownership is just a rental for the duration of your lifetime

Indeed. Ownership is a fleeting concept considering the increasingly rapid change in circumstances in our lives (including and up to death). In fact, there’s something very 
cynical (in the original Diogenes acception of the word) and possibly liberating about letting go of ownership.

Case in point, my great grandparents lived a much linear life — virtually born and died in the same place, one occupation throughout their professional lives, few and steady relationships within a narrow geographical circle.

I OTOH move continents and switch jobs every few years, my areas of interest are greatly expended relative to theirs, etc. I may live a bit longer, but ownership is a material attachment that I don’t need nor want most of the time. I am arguably more of a different person now than I was ten years ago, relative to my ancestors across their entire lifetime.