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The extreme version of that: "Embrace the Suck".[1] By a Navy SEAL with a masochistic streak. SEALs are selected for people who will keep going while suffering,
by Animats 1y ago
The extreme version of that: "Embrace the Suck".[1] By a Navy SEAL with a masochistic streak. SEALs are selected for people who will keep going while suffering, but this guy is into the suffering as an end in itself.
The industrial version: "In Praise of Hard Industries".[2]
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Embrace-Suck-Navy-SEAL-Extraordinary/dp/0306846349 https://www.amazon.com/Embrace-Suck-Navy-SEAL-Extraordinary/...
[2] https://www.amazon.com/Praise-Hard-Industries-Manufacturing-Information/dp/0395899680 https://www.amazon.com/Praise-Hard-Industries-Manufacturing-...
- TrackerFF 1y agoHaving tried SOF selection myself (once, didn't get selected / quit before it was over), I can say that the selections are almost 100% designed to weed out people on their willpower, not physical strength. The people that aren't cut out physically, tend to be weeded out on the very first day. And even if you get past the immediate pain stage, sooner or later you'll ask yourself "is this what I really want to do the next [N] years?".