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The story isn’t about being a lazy mooch. It’s about realizing if you only view yourself in terms of your utility to others, you will be consumed for your usefu
by halfnormalform 5y ago
The story isn’t about being a lazy mooch. It’s about realizing if you only view yourself in terms of your utility to others, you will be consumed for your usefulness.
Don’t laugh but there’s an excellent comic book version of Zhuangzi’s writings: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691008820/zhuangzi-speaks https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691008820/zh...
- throwaway_JiY4E 5y ago> if you only view yourself in terms of your utility to others, you will be consumed for your usefulness. I have seen what you say firsthand in myself over the years. Concepts about treating yourself like a business and over emphasizing your "brand" are part of this. I'm not demonizing those concepts, just they can be overdone or overemphasized.
- gumby 5y agoMistaking the path for the journey. (Or more prosaically, mistaking the how for the what or the process for the goal)