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Re:Ask HN: What would you do if you didn't work in tech? by PaulHoule on Monday December 22, 2025 @11:44AM (#46355724)
I could have been an academic or an activist. My son reactivated in me the "making" aspect of experimental physics that had a big impact on me despite doing theory for my PhD. (My son builds buildings by day, guitars by night)

In the last two years I've become a semi-pro photographer. I guess I am also an "activist" now but approach it as personal change [1] instead of interpersonal conflict.

[1] a kind of global "daoism" that embraces all kinds of human development

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Re:Ask HN: What would you do if you didn't work in tech? by gsf_emergency_6 on Monday December 22, 2025 @07:52PM (#46361152)
Loving young men might take not much more than celebrating* their need to "change the rules"?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46345317

But aside from that, there's nothing healthier than making things (beyond rearranging bits)!

*I.e. managing the interpersonal conflict that comes with trying to change the rules

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