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This kind of argument always ticks me off, because it's technically correct, assuming your brain can care and focus on infinitely many things. But I know that
by chronolitus 6y ago
This kind of argument always ticks me off, because it's technically correct, assuming your brain can care and focus on infinitely many things.
But I know that I can't: I can care very effectively about one thing really well (typically oscillating between my job and family). Then there's space left in my brain to be sort-of effective at caring for three or four other things (social life, hobbies, sports, learning, personal growth, etc..). There's a little space in the end for things which are good, but I can't afford to think about more than the minimum amount necessary (voting, taxes, coffee machines, subscription services, recycling, keeping my plants alive, car/motorcycle maintenance, ...).
So the point is, I really really value things which don't require me to care or RTFM, because that frees me up to care and focus more on my job, family and friends. Maybe that's being spoiled, but it feels more to me like a pragmatic approach to mental health and productivity.
- paulcole 6y agoI think what’s striking me as being spoiled is using the thing, intentionally not taking care of it, and ruining it.
- Reason077 6y agoIn a communal environment such as an office, complex equipment that requires maintenance and reading the manual is always going to be problematic without someone who's job it is to explicitly maintain it. That's why $5000 coffee machines normally come with either a maintenance contract, where someone comes around regularly to restock/clean/maintain it, or you have a designated person or department within your company who's job it is to take care of them.