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If experience is the goal, then you always win

76 points by jger15 2mo ago

wxw 2mo ago
> More broadly I’ve observed that as you grow older and gain experience in any domain, you’re rewarded for staying in your circle of competence and deepening the gyre. You don’t charm anyone by constant pivots, lest you seem unserious, un-devoted. Yea I feel that. Really enjoyed this essay. I feel like “you can just do things” is so true yet has been twisted into a hustle-culture/opportunity-vulture phrase, and this piece is a much healthier way to view agency.
CPLX 2mo ago
If you’re of a certain age this article headline should immediately make you think of this website: https://despair.com/products/mistakes https://despair.com/products/mistakes And if that doesn’t resonate with you then you probably missed the era when these things were ubiquitous in corporate decor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Successories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Successories https://www.successories.com/motivational-posters/1 https://www.successories.com/motivational-posters/1
- cwnyth 2mo ago
  Here's your reminder to get a colonoscopy.
- newsomix9xl 2mo ago
  One of these days, I'm going to get organizized.
- dijksterhuis 2mo ago
  > Don't worry - your job is way too dehumanizing for us to ever ask a robot to do it. :/
acidhousemcnab 2mo ago
Yes, I prescribe to this, but if you've experienced technologically-augmented attempts at "suiciding", sustained Zersetzung, and a peculiar British invention which is to be "Black-Mirrored", after whistleblowing, then it must be balanced with PTSD, trying not to become an alcoholic, and still trying to sound the alarm about the hell world which exists, is growing, and soon to take over fully.
- neuroticnews25 2mo ago
  This comment is incomprehensible to me.
lnenad 2mo ago
It's a great mindset to have, *if* you're able to control your emotions.
gumby 2mo ago
I have lived my life this way and I’m surprised more don’t. I gave a talk every year to MBA students and inevitably most of them seem confused by my work history. They are missing out!

76 points by jger15 2mo ago

wxw 2mo ago

> More broadly I’ve observed that as you grow older and gain experience in any domain, you’re rewarded for staying in your circle of competence and deepening the gyre. You don’t charm anyone by constant pivots, lest you seem unserious, un-devoted. Yea I feel that. Really enjoyed this essay. I feel like “you can just do things” is so true yet has been twisted into a hustle-culture/opportunity-vulture phrase, and this piece is a much healthier way to view agency.

CPLX 2mo ago

If you’re of a certain age this article headline should immediately make you think of this website: https://despair.com/products/mistakes https://despair.com/products/mistakes And if that doesn’t resonate with you then you probably missed the era when these things were ubiquitous in corporate decor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Successories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Successories https://www.successories.com/motivational-posters/1 https://www.successories.com/motivational-posters/1

cwnyth 2mo ago
Here's your reminder to get a colonoscopy.
newsomix9xl 2mo ago
One of these days, I'm going to get organizized.
dijksterhuis 2mo ago
> Don't worry - your job is way too dehumanizing for us to ever ask a robot to do it. :/

acidhousemcnab 2mo ago

Yes, I prescribe to this, but if you've experienced technologically-augmented attempts at "suiciding", sustained Zersetzung, and a peculiar British invention which is to be "Black-Mirrored", after whistleblowing, then it must be balanced with PTSD, trying not to become an alcoholic, and still trying to sound the alarm about the hell world which exists, is growing, and soon to take over fully.

neuroticnews25 2mo ago
This comment is incomprehensible to me.

lnenad 2mo ago

It's a great mindset to have, *if* you're able to control your emotions.

gumby 2mo ago

I have lived my life this way and I’m surprised more don’t. I gave a talk every year to MBA students and inevitably most of them seem confused by my work history. They are missing out!