I agree with much of your observations about the degradation of civilization, but your understanding is flawed. Going back to some caricature of the Victorian a

I agree with much of your observations about the degradation of civilization, but your understanding is flawed. Going back to some caricature of the Victorian area, where everyone is forced by rigid constraints into the same cookie cutter mold, isn't the solution to society's problems, it's the cause of it. You posted this comment some time ago: > "I've been in the industry for a long while now long enough to be past the stage of proving myself and looking more towards creating something of lasting value for the world and society and even my own legacy. > "Everyone around me from management to the HR apparatus and even my peers seem geared towards me remaining a non client facing worker bot content with my perks and not harboring any ambitions beyond 'solving challenging problems' as a means to elicit that dopamine rush towards the collective ego > "Growing up I chose computer science because it wasn't supposed to feel like work it was supposed to be a calling a duty but now the whole system is geared towards blind compliance and disengagement > "My good people, how can I break the endless cycle of mindless mechanical labour that has become the software business and become the consummate professional I've always wanted to be?" That's a very good question! The question is, what do you think "professionalism" is, exactly? Everyone being forced into bondage-and-discipline compliance? Like the Schutzstaffel officers who patrol this site to quickly and effectively suppress opinions contrary to the group-think, via vigorous use of the ban hammer, resulting in people continually making throwaway accounts and even pushing them from honest commentary toward purposeful trolling, due to their incessantly growing contempt of a society that oppresses their thoughts and opinions and ideas about living? More oppression, more forced compliance to somebody's arbitrary 1950s ideals, is that the answer to solving all of this chaos, you think?