That's only about a third of the point, it's also criticizing not being aware of the flip side "But that too is our culture: everyone else’s dream is a delusion. Mine is a tale of noble perseverance. Everybody else should be practical." And then the author goes on to mention how extending the same generosity we give ourself with regards to pursuing higher purposes would probably be helpful in the long run.
How are you defining "objective" in relation to someone's inherently subjective utility function? That makes no sense.
I understand the rest of your point, but the underlying assumption is very wrong.
Re:Why people still go to grad school
by whateveridunno on Monday April 25, 2016 @12:47PM
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I agree it's an unfortunate word choice, but I couldn't think of a better way to word it without making the post significantly longer and I assumed most people would understand what I meant. If you have a better way to phrase it, I'd love to hear it- I don't say that sarcastically.
The alternative being to do something you don't love?
Re:Why people still go to grad school
by eli_gottlieb on Monday April 25, 2016 @01:33PM
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Well yes, and get treated decently for it.
A perfect example is that game dev crunch article that was going around a few days ago: if you're complaining about 80 hour work weeks you don't really love what you're doing!