>We work 9-5 so that we can appear hard working in the eyes of others, so that we can look ourselves in the mirror and conclude an elaborated illusion – that we are doing something worthwhile.
I don't think this is the case at all, and its major point that a lot of philosophy/lifestyle/newage/whatever gurus miss out on. The vast majority of people on this planet work to provide for themselves and their families, not to give their lives some sort of existential meaning. I'm so tired of web 2.0 entrepreneurs/serial startup people/bros saying that the way we live our lives today is meaningless, and that only by following their philosophy can we hope to wrangle some sort of meaning from our wretched existence.
I'll say what I've said a bunch of times before. If people in the same position as this author want to effect some actual change in the meaning of work and life and time for a great many people, they need to start speaking with their dollars rather than their words.
Large part of why so many people work 9-5 IMO is because great works require the efforts of many people, and synchronization of efforts is a difficult problem. Thus following the same schedule essentially obviates a piece of what otherwise would be an eternal nest of scheduling headaches.
I don't think this is the case at all, and its major point that a lot of philosophy/lifestyle/newage/whatever gurus miss out on. The vast majority of people on this planet work to provide for themselves and their families, not to give their lives some sort of existential meaning. I'm so tired of web 2.0 entrepreneurs/serial startup people/bros saying that the way we live our lives today is meaningless, and that only by following their philosophy can we hope to wrangle some sort of meaning from our wretched existence.
I'll say what I've said a bunch of times before. If people in the same position as this author want to effect some actual change in the meaning of work and life and time for a great many people, they need to start speaking with their dollars rather than their words.