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I didn’t start in tech, I know what working in “the world” is like. When I’m asking about the burnout I am not asking from the position of a delicate Victorian

by lovich 4y ago

I didn’t start in tech, I know what working in “the world” is like. When I’m asking about the burnout I am not asking from the position of a delicate Victorian maiden who can’t entertain the thought of labor. What I am asking is how someone can live where every waking moment appears to be hell bent on growth without any sort of goal in mind. Reading through the article I never got the sense the author was ever going to be happy. It seemed like ever getting comfortable in a position in life or work gave them some sort of dread that kept spurring them to move on to more work. That kind of constant fear based stress response causes most humans(and other animals) to just collapse at some point

Melting_Harps 4y ago
> That kind of constant fear based stress response causes most humans(and other animals) to just collapse at some point Add lower standards of living, and lower prospects over all and you're understanding the plights that most millennials and perhaps all of Gen Z have and will continue to endure. It's why they've given into this level of pessimism and nihilism. As a Millenial myself, I know fundamentally that Capitalism is a flawed system, which entirely relies on perpetual growth models that are not just unsustainable, but are only possible if extinction is not a concern. With that said, yes, I agree; it's still my contention that tech workers still give into this absurd idea that what takes place in their sheltered World and leads to 'stress or burnout' is in any way a reflection of anything other than triviality compared to the majority of what the World deals with. What's crazy is when you see former tech workers go into conflict zones, like in the case of Ukraine where many in Kharkiv had their lives entirely destroyed are forced to pick up arms and excel in these endeavors. It's few and far between, but when you see it it gives you hope (?) that whatever we've done to the Human Condition be undone, and my hope is that it can occur in a way that doesn't require outright total war.

by lovich 4y ago

Melting_Harps 4y ago

> That kind of constant fear based stress response causes most humans(and other animals) to just collapse at some point Add lower standards of living, and lower prospects over all and you're understanding the plights that most millennials and perhaps all of Gen Z have and will continue to endure. It's why they've given into this level of pessimism and nihilism. As a Millenial myself, I know fundamentally that Capitalism is a flawed system, which entirely relies on perpetual growth models that are not just unsustainable, but are only possible if extinction is not a concern. With that said, yes, I agree; it's still my contention that tech workers still give into this absurd idea that what takes place in their sheltered World and leads to 'stress or burnout' is in any way a reflection of anything other than triviality compared to the majority of what the World deals with. What's crazy is when you see former tech workers go into conflict zones, like in the case of Ukraine where many in Kharkiv had their lives entirely destroyed are forced to pick up arms and excel in these endeavors. It's few and far between, but when you see it it gives you hope (?) that whatever we've done to the Human Condition be undone, and my hope is that it can occur in a way that doesn't require outright total war.