It's worth considering what people mean when they say "hard work." Ever since I read a LessWrong post called "Pain is not the unit of Effort,"[1] I've come to r

It's worth considering what people mean when they say "hard work." Ever since I read a LessWrong post called "Pain is not the unit of Effort,"[1] I've come to realize that hard work has always implied suffering for me. If I spend a half-dozen hours dealing with drivers issues on Linux, someone might consider me hard-working. Other people would consider it a massive pain in the ass, and for that reason, they'd probably consider it a lot of hard work. But it doesn't seem that way to me, and it's probably because I find that sort of activity engaging and (relatively) painless. [1] https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/bx3gkHJehRCYZAF3r/pain-is-not-the-unit-of-effort https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/bx3gkHJehRCYZAF3r/pain-is-no...