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Venkatesh Rao
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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jun 21
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    One of the strongest American taboos is admitting you don’t want to work hard. You have to at least claim some energetic hobby like snowboarding or surfing. Or some sort of physical or mental ailment holding you back. Even the 4HWW thing is about freeing up time for intense play.

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      2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jun 21
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        I’m totally about an actual 4HWW plus mansion though I’m never going to get either

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jun 21
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        Current state is probably 25-30h week Peak was probably intermittent 50-60 hour weeks for large chunks of 2008-09 Paycheck work has a deterministic effort = outcome equation, since you get paid for futile effort too. As a free agent, futile effort is actually futile.

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      2. Pamela Joy to the World Hobart‏ @amelapay Jun 21
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        This is why when someone asks "do you work?" and you say "I stay at home with my kids" they ALWAYS respond like "oh! the hardest/best/most important job of all!" it's bc they don't want you to feel bad about looking like you don't "work," so childcare gets redefined as a job

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        It's almost like you're judged purely for your job/work utility, rather as your value as a human being...

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        Suffering and hard work are synonymous with character in most western classes (not in ultra wealth), at least my perception. "Honest living" and "good citizen" have that color. I no longer agree.

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      2. Kelly Digges‏ @kellydigges Jun 21
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        I absolutely do not want to work hard, and I have become comfortable admitting such. That doesn't mean I'm going to shirk on jobs I've agreed to do, obviously. But if I had a UBI that met my needs, I doubt I would work in the traditional sense more than intermittently.

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      2. Jonas‏ @jonaslamis Jun 21
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        I disagree. Once you get out of the high performing bubbles, you will find vast swaths of this country content to work to live, not live to work. I’m visiting some friends / relatives in TX who exemplify this and are proud of it.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jun 21
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        Nope. Not by global standards. Americans across the board fetishize hard work.

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      2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jun 21
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        There’s plenty wrong with it. It just works for sone people.

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