John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016)

Re:John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016) by coryrc on Friday June 16, 2023 @08:06PM (#36365669)

I can do tons of work if it's motivating. Most of what's available is tedium and incremental bullshit.

Actually I'll go further and say most of our work is a net negative for society. Ads are just psychological manipulation to trigger feelings of jealously and greed. Or producing new mixed plastic silicon junk with a 3-year supported software stack but could run for a decade but then millennia in the trash dump. PFAs in all our water supplies.

Okay even more demotivated now.

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Re:John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016) by vasco on Saturday June 17, 2023 @03:25AM (#36368090)

Maybe change your perspective to be less sour about life, stress kills!

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Re:John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016) by TotalCrackpot on Saturday June 17, 2023 @05:32AM (#36368672)

You may be interested in reading Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber, he wrote about that: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-bullsh...

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Re:John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016) by aik on Saturday June 17, 2023 @11:31AM (#36371077)

Then do something about it. Or if it bothers you too much but you’re not motivated enough to do anything about it, then it’s misplaced energy.

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