I think there's clearly a need to disrupt the way people are changing the world.
You should join my startup as chief growth hacker. We'll pay you less than you're currently making, but you'll change the way people are changing the world.
Are you from Yo Dawg Industries?
Worse, by working on a trivial startup that will eventually fail, they'll usually be changing the world for the worse, as the opportunity cost could be going into medical research, or fundamental science, or creating other great works that move society forward.
I completely agree with you. I'm in my lower 20s and you have no idea how annoying that phrase is to me. I hear it way too much and used with reckless abandon that it's lost all meaning to me.
Re:Passive Income Hacker vs Startup Guy
by armenarmen on Saturday July 27, 2013 @04:37PM
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same story here
My tounge-in-cheek tagline for Webb Industries used to be "Building a better today, tomorrow". As anticipated, I never got around to it.
Re:Passive Income Hacker vs Startup Guy
by SkyMarshal on Friday July 26, 2013 @03:56PM
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>Could "changing the world" be a contender the most trite, overused expression of 2013?
It's either that or the perennial favorite, "exciting".
I'd suggest actually changing the world first, and then shouting it from the rooftops. It will be (slightly) less annoying that way.
Besides, I'm not even sure it's a healthy sentiment for most people (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130708103509.ht...). If your focus is as broad as "changing the world," you're probably setting yourself up to feel like a failure.