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Reminder that advice about not being boring, being entrepreneurial, the idea that everyone should start their own business at some point, have active side proje
by nonameiguess 4y ago
Reminder that advice about not being boring, being entrepreneurial, the idea that everyone should start their own business at some point, have active side projects they try to monetize, can't possibly universalize. Specialization and division of labor is the basis of civilization. The vast majority of people need to be boring and content to just do enough work to support their family and otherwise try to stay healthy and sane, via whatever habits that may or may not set the world on fire you find fulfilling and useful. A world of 8 billion entrepreneurs is a perpetual 8 billion wars of 1 against everyone else with nothing ever actually getting done.
It doesn't mean don't be an entrepreneur if that is something you find fulfilling. But don't do it because someone else told you that you should. As a piece of advice given in general to all people, it's flatly ridiculous.
- jokethrowaway 4y agoA world of 8 billions "entrepreneurs" is perfectly possible, it's just won't be that glamorous for all of them. I think it's preferable to a world of employees as entrepreneurs get paid when they deliver value, employees get paid at the end of the month.