Yeah. The "day job" has always been nothing more than a means to
better ends. Everything worthwhile, exciting, and satisfying I've
achieved in life was in the gaps between doing something I could use
my time better for. Like Twain said - "don't let schooling get in the
way of your education", similarly I think ones "work" happens despite
employment, rarely through it. In this way "capitalism" is a horrible
waste of human capital. Imagine what Ludgate might have achieved if
not counting penny corns. I hope for a world for children who'll get a
UBI, and space in life to develop their true selves.
Maybe the habits of discipline that come from formal schooling and work are necessary for a man like Ludgate, or maybe not. We are products of our constraints to some extent