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> It was hard to be there because the highest ideals were positivity and productivity It's interesting how language/vocabulary changed as well. "I'm upset beca
by paidleaf 8y ago
> It was hard to be there because the highest ideals were positivity and productivity
It's interesting how language/vocabulary changed as well. "I'm upset because I wasn't productive today". When did people get told that their lot in life was to be productive. And who told them to think or talk like that? How did people start to view themselves as machines whose worth is measured by production? Also, where did the "motivation or get motivated" craze come from. All of a sudden, it's "Are you motivated?" or "Get motivated". For what? Why? All of the sudden it's motivation and productivity.
- grigjd3 8y agoWe've been moralizing work in the US at least my whole life.
- dasil003 8y agoYeah, this is something I often associate with the SV bubble, but when I think back on it it's been ingrained in my upbringing from the beginning.
- solarkraft 8y agoProductivity was also important before advanced civilization, though.
- grigjd3 8y agoLet's keep our concepts where they belong. Moralizing work and productivity are not only different things, but come from different fields.
- Sangermaine 8y ago>When did people get told that their lot in life was to be productive. Hacker News is the worst about this. It's very creepy, the constant talk of "productivity". I recall a comment in one of the threads about Anthony Bourdain's suicide bemoaning the loss of productivity due to his death.