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Re:People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige by _4ziu on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @08:56AM (#21979876)
Frankly, a stupid quote.

"What good is praise except to make your lifestyle a little more comfortable"

That sounds pretty darn good to me.

And the fact that your memory and work can be passed down and influence a theoretically infinite number of people.

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Re:People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige by AQuantized on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @09:27AM (#21980156)
What good will that influence do you?
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Re:People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige by goatinaboat on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @09:49AM (#21980368)
Right. It’s like some companies tell you they can’t pay you but it will be great “exposure” or whatever. At some point you need to convert whatever that is into something you can actually use.
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Re:People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @12:51PM (#21982465)
Depends. If I care about others, and my influence does them good, that increases my happiness/joy/contentment/whatever, while I'm alive.
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