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There is a vast difference between being at the top of of the apparatus vs being enmeshed in it. A) The people you mention were essentially post scarcity long
by pbourke 7y ago
There is a vast difference between being at the top of of the apparatus vs being enmeshed in it.
A) The people you mention were essentially post scarcity long before they were household names.
B) They had substantially more agency in their work than mid and low level workers.
C) No one in their work life is akin to a “boss.” They have customers, advisors, peers, employees, investors, etc - no bosses.
- mjfl 7y agoSure, but I think most “workaholics” are attempting to work towards a position like that, if not the founder then a major shareholder of a startup that will make it big, portfolio manager of a big fund, partner at a m&a firm or bank, etc. I think arguing that it’s insane to work 80 hour weeks as a dead end test engineer at a large stagnant company is a straw man. Most people have a tenable goal in mind. And at the end of it I don’t see the majority of them being fat alcoholics.