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If people were less career obsessed, it would vastly reduce the amount of evil in the world tbh. Most large scale evil is done by career obsessed freaks. I hea
by tehjoker 5y ago
If people were less career obsessed, it would vastly reduce the amount of evil in the world tbh. Most large scale evil is done by career obsessed freaks.
I heard a talk show host once speculate that one reason weed has been illegal for so long is it would make the various motivational sticks and carrots the ruling class uses with white collar workers less effective in aggregate.
- systemvoltage 5y agoThat’s crazy man. I’m very career focused and I want to improve the world. I work extremely hard, all day and everyday. I’m evil? Here is some context, I commented elsewhere on my work ethic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29895639 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29895639
- at_compile_time 5y ago>Most large scale evil is done by career obsessed freaks. He didn't say that most career-obsessed freaks are doing large scale evil.
- tehjoker 5y agoIt depends on what the incentives are for a career obsessed person. Someone that puts their career above basically everything else will short term optimize at the expense of e.g. public wellbeing to get in the good graces of powerful people. Profits are made off of vile decisions. That's capitalism.