Comment by adamiscool8
8 hours ago
Maybe it is NBD - the concept of deriving your meaning and purpose from "what you do" instead of "who you are" has always seemed vulgar, so in some ways this turning is simply a necessary comeuppance for that status-seeking mentality. If these folks can muster some of their newly idle individual intellectual activity towards unbinding their self-worth from public recognition, they'll be alright!
> the concept of deriving your meaning and purpose from "what you do" instead of "who you are" has always seemed vulgar
Then not being "vulgar" is only a privilege of the idle rich. When you do something for 8 hours a day, it can't not be a part of who you are.
>Maybe it is NBD - the concept of deriving your meaning and purpose from "what you do" instead of "who you are"
I spend 40 hours a week at my job. I have spent thousands of hours learning about programming, software engineering, and the domain knowledge for the niche that I work in.
In this time I have surely spent more of my waking time within the confines of an office building than I have with my wife and family.
You'll need to forgive me then if I let such a large part of my life bleed over into my identity.