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I'd like to rewrite this as "Why you should maybe not work so hard for someone else". Intrinsically motivated people (you'll know what I mean is you are one too
by nonrandomstring 5y ago
I'd like to rewrite this as "Why you should maybe not work so hard for
someone else". Intrinsically motivated people (you'll know what I mean
is you are one too) know no bounds to the ecstasy of work. Struggling
toward a self-defined end is like flying in the clouds. In "flow",
work is no longer work at all.
It is labour relations within a late-capitalist system of dehumanising
exploitation, over-systematisation and rampant financialisation that
turns life's greatest joy of having skills and purpose into farcical
performance art, into an inefficient, resentment-fuelled spectacle of
self-harm.
- egypturnash 5y agoI am self-employed and I love doing what I get paid to do but there are many other things I like to do as well. I work hard enough to pay my bills and really not much harder.
- nonrandomstring 5y agoThat "zero surplus" living sounds like a nice balance. As I get older, and especially with kids around, it's what I aspire to more.