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Fat Tony ☯️ on X: "@tszzl sure, does that solve the 'purpose' question? maybe for some jobs and some people, most people can't apply skills from their to their lives, or consider those part of the process of one's self actualization, they're purely career/ financially (status) driven" / X

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To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts 20+ Post See new posts Conversation roon @tszzl · Jun 5, 2022 people will cope until the ends of the earth to pretend they aren't spiritually connected with the work of their hands and the thing they spend the majority of their waking lives doing 30 179 1.8K roon @tszzl · Jun 5, 2022 if you're a programmer your job is literally rewiring your brain to be more logical and machine-like. if you're a doctor you're developing perfect associative recall. if you're a financier you're becoming well attuned to the idea of risk until you see it everywhere. 13 69 989 roon @tszzl · Jun 5, 2022 if you aren't finding a modicum of purpose in your work you are actively killing yourself and turning into someone you don't like. better to quit than live like that 16 81 1K Fat Tony @chainlank · Jun 5, 2022 ted K nailed this about purposelessness in modern societies, if you're working at the cutting edge, pushing humanity forward and s

Fat Tony ☯️ @chainlank Replying to @tszzl sure, does that solve the 'purpose' question? maybe for some jobs and some people, most people can't apply skills from their to their lives, or consider those part of the process of one's self actualization, they're purely career/ financially (status) driven 10:08 AM · Jun 5, 2022 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 Read 1 reply

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