they sure didn't like it when we were 11, but "you can't make me" was always the right answer "you'll inevitably give up" and "never give up!" are memes applied reflexively & almost arbitrarily to prevent an internal locus of discernment from developing properlyhttps://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1256130824262438913 …
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when you are trained very young to allow your superiors to waste your time, you are learning that your taste isn't functional; it's a hunger that will only pain you or make you do bad things other people will tell you what matters and what needs to be done
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children hear "that won't work" and "never give up!" all the time,* and unless they realize that these are deployed as needed to counter the internal sense that you should try something that seems fun or stop doing something that you're not enjoying, it only generates confusion
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busywork + "self-discipline" as often used (though less applicable in certain ambitious circles), cancel culture, tall poppy syndrome, the idea of fundamental human fungibility (see linked tweet) — all weapons against tastehttps://twitter.com/webdevmason/status/1219839383676710912?s=21 …
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Unfortunately, the presence of dissonance between one’s “taste” and the current state of one’s environment is what many people label insanity If only we knew better...
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