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The weirdest thing about this is not the post itself but the reactions of some people. I saw a lot of comments that argued not only that the post was authentic
by gjulianm 4y ago
The weirdest thing about this is not the post itself but the reactions of some people. I saw a lot of comments that argued not only that the post was authentic , brave and well made but that any criticism came from a place of bitterness, envy, hate, unhappiness, lack of empathy or all of the above. I get that different people will have different opinions about the post and I understand how some might view it as authentic, but I really don't understand the mechanism to completely dismiss all criticism because "it's bitter people".
- hef19898 4y agoA couple of days ago HN led me to an article about Napoleon Hill, New Thought and motivational speekers and trainers. The 2020s really have more in common with the 1920s then I feel comfartable with. All those motivational and pseudo spiritual grap, together with stock and crypto scams, is just pathetic. I rigorously unfollow people on LinkeIn whenever such content shows up.
- Barrin92 4y agoI've dubbed this toxic positivity. You find this everywhere in business and tech where people have a vested interest in selling you some fool's gold. Anyone who is sceptic is jealous, envious, a Debbie Downer and so on. The more a business seems to rely on wishing itself into existence the more prevalent this seems to be. In tech it seems to me like it has become more common with startup culture and with everything being focussed around customers and marketing. I can't imagine someone at Bell Labs would have tought of strong criticism as anything other than necessary.
- i_love_limes 4y agoI'm sorry, but you did not dub the term toxic positivity.