never has the pressure to “like” things publicly, to not only have all the nerdy interests but all the RIGHT nerdy interests, been as great as it is now
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Today everyone can know every nerdy thing within seconds, which is fine — google and Wikipedia overthrew the tyranny of the nerd encyclopedia man — and they can start a podcast about these things tomorrow. Never have hobbies felt so much like mere products in the marketplace
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I used to love weight training, because it was a very private thing I did in my basement or publicly at a “heavy duty” gym, but now I hate it...it’s just work. It helps me justify why I can sell weight training stories. And yet the stories are still kinda kayfabe, soft, fluffy
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All these people appear to be one eyed jacks, but I know what’s on the other side of their faces. And yet...I just push product like I push weight. But I suppose I’m still too young to know whether *** is any respecter of persons
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I tell my students that they don’t have to do the things they love as “work.” That there’s no shame in just getting s job, that separating Work from stuff you love can be very healthy. “Passion jobs” lead to burnout and hating what you once enjoyed
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That’s right. Work is work and leisure, if available to the worker, forms the basis of genuine culture
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