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> I got hired. So, for money.
by jldugger 7y ago
> I got hired.
So, for money.
- jshevek 7y agoNot all of the outcomes of our actions give evidence for the motivations for our actions.
- osrec 7y agoEspecially given how rarely our desired outcomes match our original motivations... We try to achieve one thing, but often end up achieving something else!
- Piskvorrr 7y agoI've had projects that - eventually and incidentally - brought me money, but were not started or done for money.
- labradore 7y agoThe thing about the "money" argument is that one could just as strongly claim that you went to 1st grade "for money".
- diggan 7y agoAnd at the end, we end up with the capitalists dream: "I was born... for money"
- nickpsecurity 7y agoI was born into debt. Then, I was forced to go to schools that taught obedience to authority, getting a job, and paying taxes. Then, I saw ads that told me I needed to buy products and run up debt. Then, I eventually didn't care about money except where absolutely necessary. Everything in between made it seem like making money my No. 1 focus was necessary, though. A lifetime of being manipulated and pressured. It all gets better when you can finally pull back the curtain seeing what's really there. :)
- serf 7y agoexcept that there is a certain lack of autonomy both legally, mentally, and physically that prevents first grade aged children from refusing to go to school in many nations. In other words : you can't derive a motivation from an action an individual does if it's something that they're forced to do so socially or legally.