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This is my opinion as well, only you presented it a lot more clearly and simply. Hustling is now not only socially acceptable, it is an ideal. Children grow up

This is my opinion as well, only you presented it a lot more clearly and simply. Hustling is now not only socially acceptable, it is an ideal. Children grow up dreaming of this.

agumonkey 5y ago
It does bring a few questions. Was the previous economy vaporous and thus this hustling as valuable or is the new economy just a temporary parasite leaving on top of "real-er" work. I'm asking semi honestly. I see a lot of fake work in traditional jobs, but I fail to see what value a lot of internet activities are bringing. Reactto videos, influencing..
- jokethrowaway 5y ago
  You're seeing decentralisation at play driven by new technology. People are tired of making someone's else millions and they want in, risk and money wise. Especially because with digital media the cost/risk to start a business and enter the creator economy is way lower. There's abundance of information that could potentially help people to be more independent and rely less on apprenticeship to learn a trade. I think there's a lot of waste in companies, the bigger the company the bigger the waste, so I think this trend is positive. What we need to fight is the belief that picking a major you like is more important than picking a career the market wants.
  - fdgsdfogijq 5y ago
    You explained this better than I did. People are choosing new routes to make money rather than suffer under the old ones
  - trabant00 5y ago
    > People are tired of making someone's else millions It's not just that. People could start a small enterprise that is not geared towards hustling but they don't want to. That was the point of the original article.
  - agumonkey 5y ago
    Digital costs less but does it makes anything ? I have a sad feeling that it's mostly low hanging fruits seen in the light of 'digital = progress = future'
    - throwaway0a5e 5y ago
      > Digital costs less but does it makes anything ? Yes. It makes knowledge available cheaply. Someone who works out of a van detailing cars can start doing basic PDR with nothing but YouTube and practice.
      - agumonkey 5y ago
        That's not value that's potential value, there's a difference in maybe learning and maybe doing it fast / clean / responsibly 4 or 5 days a week.
        throwaway0a5e 5y ago
        Everyone has to start somewhere. Even if 1/X people take it far enough to create value that's still more net value being created than before. Pretty much every product and service has tons of content out there on how to do it and the economics of doing it for money. This is a massive net plus for people who are looking to grow their side gigs or businesses by adding related products/services or going upscale/downscale (e.g. our hypothetical detailer)

This is my opinion as well, only you presented it a lot more clearly and simply. Hustling is now not only socially acceptable, it is an ideal. Children grow up dreaming of this.

agumonkey 5y ago

It does bring a few questions. Was the previous economy vaporous and thus this hustling as valuable or is the new economy just a temporary parasite leaving on top of "real-er" work. I'm asking semi honestly. I see a lot of fake work in traditional jobs, but I fail to see what value a lot of internet activities are bringing. Reactto videos, influencing..

jokethrowaway 5y ago
You're seeing decentralisation at play driven by new technology. People are tired of making someone's else millions and they want in, risk and money wise. Especially because with digital media the cost/risk to start a business and enter the creator economy is way lower. There's abundance of information that could potentially help people to be more independent and rely less on apprenticeship to learn a trade. I think there's a lot of waste in companies, the bigger the company the bigger the waste, so I think this trend is positive. What we need to fight is the belief that picking a major you like is more important than picking a career the market wants.
- fdgsdfogijq 5y ago
  You explained this better than I did. People are choosing new routes to make money rather than suffer under the old ones
- trabant00 5y ago
  > People are tired of making someone's else millions It's not just that. People could start a small enterprise that is not geared towards hustling but they don't want to. That was the point of the original article.
- agumonkey 5y ago
  Digital costs less but does it makes anything ? I have a sad feeling that it's mostly low hanging fruits seen in the light of 'digital = progress = future'
  - throwaway0a5e 5y ago
    > Digital costs less but does it makes anything ? Yes. It makes knowledge available cheaply. Someone who works out of a van detailing cars can start doing basic PDR with nothing but YouTube and practice.
    - agumonkey 5y ago
      That's not value that's potential value, there's a difference in maybe learning and maybe doing it fast / clean / responsibly 4 or 5 days a week.
      - throwaway0a5e 5y ago
        Everyone has to start somewhere. Even if 1/X people take it far enough to create value that's still more net value being created than before. Pretty much every product and service has tons of content out there on how to do it and the economics of doing it for money. This is a massive net plus for people who are looking to grow their side gigs or businesses by adding related products/services or going upscale/downscale (e.g. our hypothetical detailer)