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The problem comes from the culture; certain cultures identify success as the core value of a person, so people tend to identify their identity with the product
by pizza234 13y ago
The problem comes from the culture; certain cultures identify success as the core value of a person, so people tend to identify their identity with the product of their work.
It's more than some "important"; work is how people [with this attitude] values theirselves.
Keep in mind that if you grow up pushed to be the best at school and then at work, there's nothing really meaningful in life outside those areas.
That's where the false dichotomy "being great vs. family comes". Essentially, it's perceived as having something that makes one happy at the perceived cost of "being a nobody".
At the extreme of this attitude the is Japan, where work is taking over the sexual life (there was an article some time ago in HN).
- amirmansour 13y agoCouldn't have said it better myself.
- atmosx 13y agoAn additional +10 goes to the fact that this awesome comment came from the nickname 'pizza234'.
- claudius 13y agoSo, err, what other metric than work output (be it products, ideas, bright kids or whatever else you might think of) are you using as the ‘core value’ of a person?
- hox 13y agoOne's core value cannot be quantified by an objective metric. We are not all computers.
- Nursie 13y agoEnjoyment of life. Everything else is secondary.
- pizza234 13y agoWell, I actually thought of an extensive answer, then I realized that the question itself has a problem - I ask you, what's the purpose of measuring a person? Note: I use the term "measuring" since you've specifically introduced "metric".