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I think everyone likes headpats, ask the nearest dog/cat/bunny for verification :) I'm doing things for the thing that needs done, mostly. But yeah the glory is
by spiritplumber 6y ago
I think everyone likes headpats, ask the nearest dog/cat/bunny for verification :) I'm doing things for the thing that needs done, mostly. But yeah the glory is more important to me than the money. It used to feel good, now it doesn't. Guess assuefaction happens with everything and the dopamine pump dries up with everything. I've talked to a therapist a couple of weeks ago.
And yeah, that's a thing about a society that has fully globalized. There's only room for one set of glory hounds. Kids who want to get into building stuff are inspired by Colin Furze, not by the guy down the street who makes wheelchair ramps out of pallets.
- ksaj 6y ago> Kids who want to get into building stuff are inspired by Colin Furze, not by the guy down the street who makes wheelchair ramps out of pallets. That's pretty dystopian. Kids have to be exposed to causes before they can possibly develop compassion for them. That puts it square in the parent's department. I guess if you need to be that glory hound, you'll have to do it the old fashioned way: by earning it through your works. Whining extensively about it won't get you very much glory. Completely the opposite, likely.
- spiritplumber 6y agoThat's the thing. I'm 40. I've done work in a number of fields, and I was hoping that it'd be speaking for itself by now, but I don't see a whole lot of evidence that it has done that. And yes, it is dystopian. It's also what I observe. As for me being a glory hound, I'm fully aware that it's not a virtue, but I'm motivated more by notoriety than by, say, riches or patriotism. Whining extensively seems to work pretty well for a narrow category of people, although they tend to do it on Twitter, not HN, admittedly.