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> This is a baffling. "Something that is always changing could be seen as not changing because it's never not changing." I'm having a hard time seeing that as a
by qqtt 5y ago
> This is a baffling. "Something that is always changing could be seen as not changing because it's never not changing." I'm having a hard time seeing that as a good-faith rebuttal.
I think we are talking in abstract platitudes to such an extent that the forest might get missing for the trees.
In practical terms, a workaholic can fit the mold of "I have many ideas, I'm working hard to achieve them, and I'd like to keep it that way.". A workaholic can also have all the characteristics of a complacent individual - brimming with self-satisfaction, satisfied with their routine, self-smug attitude, no desire to change their ways.
Ironically, a workaholic could justify such an attitude to themselves by calling other people complacent.
And just for reference, the dictionary definition of the word complacent:
complacent: marked by self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies