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I dunno, I’m pretty sure it’s awesome being a winner!
by newbie2020 5y ago
I dunno, I’m pretty sure it’s awesome being a winner!
- bumby 5y agoI guess it depends on how you define winner. If you measure winning primarily by social status or money, sure. But one of the main points of the book is to illustrating the costs of all that "winning". There was one quote from the book of a high-achieving mother who, due to long hours, only got to spend 20 minutes a day with her child but "wouldn't give up those 20 minutes for the world." If you're someone who values close human relationships, I don't know if I'd call that "winning".
- whakim 5y agoI think this is a valid point in the United States (to a certain extent, of course: I don't think "working too hard and not seeing your kids enough" is really comparable to "living paycheck to paycheck", although I understand that they're directionally the same). Does the author address other countries, though? The logic of meritocracy has been used to justify huge increases in inequality in countries where people work significantly less hard (e.g. France, India, Sweden).
- bumby 5y agoI don’t remember any other countries being mentioned