"In a sense, they have accepted their place in the universe and made their peace with it." WRT that topic, the article misquoted Orwell pretty badly, the comme

"In a sense, they have accepted their place in the universe and made their peace with it." WRT that topic, the article misquoted Orwell pretty badly, the comments explain why, and how it relates to serenity vs stress. Probably the best analogy I can provide for HN, is I have no impact on celebrity news or professional sports. Its not that I'm struggling stressfully with it despite endless failure, I just no longer identify as part of that group. Disenfranchised. I feel serenity about pro sports and celebrity news. Once you internalize and self identify that you're permanently kicked out of the economic system, perhaps inaccurately, perhaps accurately, arguments about how great the system is and how easy it is to rejoin the grind game and start leveling up, as told by folks who were born on 3rd and think they hit a home run, tend to fall flat.