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> Everyone loses meaning. No one wants to do those big audacious or really challenging/messy things with no meaning citation needed.

• iroh2727 4y ago
  [1] Social animals want to be social. Yeah I shouldn't speak for everyone... but I think for one, having a sense of mission contributes to meaning. And for two, having a sense of tribe (e.g. deep collaborators, partners in crime, healthy rivals) contributes to meaning. Both of which are much easier to have in person. There's another important aspect too which is this sense of lifelong friendship that you may be building. People you know in person, you may feel that they're a "real friend" that you can meet up with in person in the future as well, regardless of what happens with your job. That's important too. I mean a "real friend" you can call or zoom with and it's still good. But it's hard to build a "real friendship" starting from zoom, don't you think? Not impossible, but much harder/rarer (actually phone calls or writing emails is perhaps easier than zoom).