For the love of God, please craft hobbies and an appreciation for life beyond abstract “utility” maximization. These freaks are so hyperalienated from their own existence that they can’t conceive of themselves as anything other than an input. Sorry nerds, you won’t find self-actualization by designing a marginally more addictive ad-software or another tulip bubble. Please stop eating the bugs and look at some art for a fucking change.

  • PeeOnYou [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    the problem with this type of sacrifice is at a certain point they become even more invested because they need it to be worth everything they’ve already lost out on

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      1 year ago

      A whole lot of the “California Ideology” is exactly that: more techbro shit must be subsidized because all the previous techbro shit had to be worth it.