Re:I wish GPT4 had never happened
by wpietri on Saturday April 08, 2023 @10:54AM
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> What a profoundly naive opinion. Most people find meaning, fulfillment, even contentment in working [...]
Agreed. I just spent a week volunteering. (At the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, repairing machines.) It actually cost me money to do, but it was incredibly satisfying to just go and do a concrete thing that made the world better and was immediately beneficial to people. Especially in the company of other good people doing the same.
But I think a lot of people have had only terrible jobs (valuable work in inhumane conditions) or bullshit jobs (meaningless work in whatever conditions), so I get how so many people have been conditioned out of seeing the personal, emotional, very human value in work.
Re:I wish GPT4 had never happened
by wpietri on Saturday April 08, 2023 @11:19AM
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No. I also like jobs. I like them better, as they're cash-positive. I haven't liked all my jobs, but that's because some of them were terrible or bullshit.
Agreed. I just spent a week volunteering. (At the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, repairing machines.) It actually cost me money to do, but it was incredibly satisfying to just go and do a concrete thing that made the world better and was immediately beneficial to people. Especially in the company of other good people doing the same.
But I think a lot of people have had only terrible jobs (valuable work in inhumane conditions) or bullshit jobs (meaningless work in whatever conditions), so I get how so many people have been conditioned out of seeing the personal, emotional, very human value in work.