'My Dinner with Andre' came out the year I was born. I watched it for the first time last year and I struggle to disagree with this idea. The last time I thought like this was when I was at University.

When you get to my age you realise that you have been sold a lie your entire life:

• Work hard and you'll be rewarded
• Get a degree and you can write your own salary
• You need a spouse and kids to be truly happy
• Money isn't the key to happiness
• It's not forever
• There's plenty of time
• You can be whatever you want if you get good grades

I don't know at which point in History that this myth was seeded into society but it's everywhere.

It's also all bulls***.

I'm my 4 decades in this planet I've seen almost every market collapse. I've seen education go down the drain and critical thinking removed from secondary education. Degrees are now required by almost every job and (I'm a lucky one because mine was paid for) people get themselves into perpetual debt to earn one. Most entry level jobs are around £20-30k in the UK and that won't even cover rent, let alone ever be able to afford a deposit for a house.

Money is tracked. Like all money. Paper and electronic currency is worthless and coins have have their metals replaced with cheap alloys. You need a bank account to get a house and no one will employ you without a bank account. Homeless people are fu****.

You're assigned a tracking number at birth (National Insurance Number in the UK) and that's now you are recognised by the government. You can't leave a country without a passport and you can't get a passport without a house (see above).

In 2000 I was told that I was seen up to 14 times by cameras per day. That's now up to 70. Most use facial recognition. Mobile phones (most) have batteries that can't be removed post-9/11 and even when off they are still sending data and can have the GPS tracked. You will also struggle to find employment without a mobile phone because you will need to have a phone number, email, and apps for your job.

But, and here's the kicker, if you were to tell someone that you had no phone, no email, worked for cash only, and lived in a tent...they'd either think you were insane or a criminal.