Re:Overworked and Underpaid, VFX Workers Vote to Unionize at...
by labster on Monday August 07, 2023 @09:24PM
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Yeah but who cares about what Marcus Aurelius said, that dude’s already dead.
Re:Overworked and Underpaid, VFX Workers Vote to Unionize at...
by esafak on Monday August 07, 2023 @10:15PM
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A lot of people apparently; it's Amazon's top selling book in modern philosophy.
Re:Overworked and Underpaid, VFX Workers Vote to Unionize at...
by mikrl on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @11:29AM
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Ironically enough, it was never even intended to be a magnum opus or a legacy.
Just some jottings, and notes to help him think things through while on campaign or holding court.
Yet we read them 1800 years later and aside from the parts about the gods, can still apply it to life.
As Marcus Aurelius frames it, everyone who cares now and will care in the future will themselves die and go to nothing in time.
What is a blink of glory in this life is nothing in the grand scheme of things. Two generations of glory is nothing really, and the glory you bequeath is itself somewhat worthless since it appears more to be resting on the laurels of another rather than going towards good acts.
If it is in your nature to work on such things, then do so and take your due as it comes. If that is truly what aligns with your nature, and the common good, a 2-3x bonus elsewhere won’t concern you, nor should your own trials beyond which is necessary for continuing along one’s path.