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Americans go to great lengths to ensure they are financially set for their later years. But if you’re asking Elon Musk, you really needn’t bother. According to the world’s richest man, whose net worth is estimated at well over $700 billion, saving for retirement will soon be obsolete. Musk aired this view on a recent episode of the Moonshots With Peter Diamandis podcast. Musk let listeners in on his vision of our financial future, a world where technology, specifically artificial intelligence, creates such an abundance of resources that anyone can buy anything they want. The entrepreneur said that within just a few years, we will live in a world marked by a great surplus, where better medical care than anyone has today” will be “available for everyone within five years.” He also said that there will be no scarcity of goods and services” and you’ll be able to learn anything you want. Musk continued, explaining that there will be such a surplus that life will no longer require people to save in order to ensure they are taken care of later on. One side recommendation I have is: Dont worry about squirreling money away for retirement in 10 or 20 years. It wont matter, he said, adding that he believes “saving for retirement will be irrelevant” and that the future will bring abundance.” Overall, Musk’s view of the future seems decidedly optimistic about AI. He talked about the power of AI to break barriers and using it to harness the sun’s energy. And he said he believes the “future of currency” will be measured not in money, but in “wattage.” But he also acknowledged that during what are bound to be years full of change, the road to the future he envisions will be “bumpy” and filled with obstacles. Musk said he doesn’t just foresee “universal high income,” but also major “social unrest” as the result of so much change in a short period of time. The prediction seems eerily similar to one made by John Maynard Keynes, known as the founder of modern macroeconomics, in 1930. In his essay, “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren,” the economist wrote that by 2030, technology would enable workers to adopt a 15-hour workweek. At the time, the workweek was estimated to be about 50 hours. In one sense, Keynes was correct: The average number of hours fell in the years following the prediction, as the 40-hour workweek was established soon after. However, today full-time work hours hover at about 8.4 hours a day or 42.5 hours a week, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. While many of Keyness predictions about technology proved to be correct, such as how vastly technology has reshaped certain industries, working hours have yet to fall as drastically as he predicted. At the moment, Musks comments are hard to swallow, given that many Americans struggle with basic expenses like childcare, let alone saving for retirement. According to a 2025 report from the National Council on Aging, most older adults don’t have enough money to financially survive “a financial shock” triggered by a death, the need for long-term care, or illness. “Eighty percent of those 60 and older have little to no assets and would not be able to weather a financial shock without falling into poverty,” the report said. Researchers added: “The future of aging in America will likely be defined by an ever-widening inequality in both financial status and mortality, deepening the divide between the majority of older Americans (the 80%) and the top 20%.” Musk did say there would be bumps along the road to utopia.
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Its that time again. The calendar has flipped, the resolutions are written, and youre probably sitting in your office chair at your office desk looking at a lukewarm cup of office coffee, wondering if youve really got another year of fluorescent lights and serendipitous coworker interactions in you. Lets make a pact: No more. Its time to find a great remote job. Unfortunately, you cant find 21st-century work using 20th-century methods. If youre still scrolling through the generic “Big Box” job boards and getting buried in 5,000 applications for one role, youre doing it wrong. Instead, here are the five sites you should check first when youre looking to work from home. We Work Remotely We Work Remotely is the “Old Reliable” of the remote world. Its been around since 2011, which in internet years makes it roughly as ancient as a stone tablet. But its still the heavyweight champion. Its simple. Theres no bloat. You get a clean list of categories, and the jobs are actually remote. Because companies that post listings here pay a fee, youre far less likely to run into the pages and pages of filler that plagues the free boards. FlexJobs I know, I know: Its a subscription service. Asking someone whos looking for a paycheck to pay money feels a little backward. But heres the thing: FlexJobs has an army of humans who hand-screen every single job posting. If youre tired of clicking on a “Work from Home” ad only to realize it’s a pyramid scheme or a high-pressure sales gig, this is your sanctuary. They filter out the junk so you don’t have to. Remote OK If We Work Remotely is the elder statesman, Remote OK is the cool, tech-savvy younger sibling. The entire vibe is built for people who want to work from a laptop, whether thats in their living room or a café halfway around the world. The sites filters are fantastic. You can sort by salary ranges (yes, actual numbers!), tech stacks, and even benefits such as health insurance or four-day workweeks. Its fast, transparent, and updated constantly. Remote.co Remote.co was started by the same team behind FlexJobs, but while FlexJobs is a paid, curated list, Remote.co is a free, high-quality resource that goes beyond just job titles. One nice feature: They don’t just list a job; they interview the companies. You can read Q&As from more than 100 remote-first outfits to see how they actually handle things like time zones and communication. Its perfect for job seekers who want to know the vibe of a company before they even hit the apply button. Working Nomads If your dream is to emphasize the remote part of remote work, this is your home base. Working Nomads curates roles specifically for the digital nomad crowd, meaning these companies are usually comfortable with you working from pretty much anywhere on the map. The categorization is incredibly clean, and the site uses a color-coded system for different industries, making it very easy to scan. It also has a premium tier with 10 times more listings and advanced search filters. And its daily email alerts are a great way to stay in the loop without having to constantly check the site.
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Theres a quote from Charles Bukowski framed on my office wall:What matters most is how well you walk through the fire. Were in that fire right now. For 25 years, our company has moved people to show up for entertainment. Then the world changed. Entertainment changed. Technology changed. Almost overnight, we had to throw the old playbook out the window. So, we paused. We looked inward and asked the hard question: Do we rebuild what we had or transform into what we need to be for the future? Companies need to choose the second. For us that meant becoming culture-led, not as a slogan or a rebrand, but as the infrastructure for how we operate. Becoming culture-led doesnt just guide values; it can become an operational advantage. FROM SILOS TO CONNECTION We stopped organizing ourselves around deliverables and started paying closer attention to what moves people. What makes them care, pause, laugh, click, and share. Inside entertainment, wed spent decades learning how to meet people in emotional moments. We began applying that same emotional fluency to everything we do: from car launches to hospitality marketing, and CPG storytelling. Not by forcing those categories to feel like entertainment, but by applying what wed learned about timing, tone, and human connection in places where meaning matters more than ever. A clear example was our work launching God of War Ragnarök for PlayStation. Instead of defaulting to an action-forward montage, we leaned into the childparent relationship at the heart of the game. That emotional center drove record results. We didnt get there by chasing categories. We got there by rethinking how we listen, interpret culture, and act on insight. A CHANGE IN HOW THE WORK MOVES Empowering culture-led work to emerge from an organization requires operational change. Were restructuring our strategy, creative, editorial, and social teams to be leaner and faster. Were bringing them into the same room at the start of every project. Its not perfect yet, but the work is already moving differently. We introduced informal culture briefs to stay close to whats resonating with people right now. Not whats trending, but what feels real and honest. That proximity keeps us grounded in how people live, not just how marketers talk. The result has been work guided by less formula and more heart, stronger briefs that adhere closer to consumers realities, and faster movement of ideas to production. LEARN TO SAY NO (WITHOUT FEELING SICK) We also had to get serious about what were willing to walk away from. In entertainment, the rule has always been simple: dont turn down work. You never know when the next thing is coming. That mindset builds hustle and burnout. A few months ago, for the first time, we turned down entertainment work that would have been a no-brainer any other year. But it didnt align with who we are becoming, and that was reason enough to walk away from the opportunity. Culture isnt just what you invite in. Its what youre willing to say no to. Every time weve made that choice, weve seen sharper focus, more ownership, and greater momentum. The team feels lighter, clearer, and more confident in where were steering the ship. THE REAL ADVANTAGE WAS NEVER THE CATEGORY The same instinct that led us to center the human relationship in God of War Ragnarök is the one that revealed what wed been building all along in entertainmenta space that trains you to make people feel something fast. You have seconds to earn attention, emotion, and trust. Over time, we realized that skill, emotional fluency, cultural timing, and instinctive connection were the real advantages. Not the form. Not the category. In hindsight, its what strategist Rita McGrath would call a transient advantage. A capability, not a credential. Something portable. Something that evolves as culture shifts. Once we recognized that, the question became how to operationalize it. HIRE TO PUT CULTURAL FLUENCY INTO PRACTICE Becoming culture-led takes more than intention. It takes structure. Were building that now through cultural roundups, shared language, and clearer boundaries. Not buzzwords. Practical ways to stay connected to how people think and feel. Were also changing how we hire. Experience still matters, but curiosity, self-awareness, and genuine growth mindset matter more. Alignment is becoming just as important as what client someone may bring in the door. Were learning to protect the culture were building by setting boundaries, by saying no, and by choosing clarity over comfort. Every time we do, we move forward. Were not done. And we probably never should be. That Bukowski quote doesnt say what matters is whether you make it through the fire. It says how you walk through it is what matters. Thats the challenge for leadership right now. Not avoiding change. Just walking through it honestly and with intention. Companies that treat culture as a core capability, not a campaign or a slogan, are the ones ready for whatever comes next. Michael McIntyre is the CEO of MOCEAN
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