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The Dangerous Fetishization of ‘Hustle Porn’

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Re: The Dangerous Fetishization of ‘Hustle Porn’

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Post by sooheon »

analogmemory wrote: post #77
honkycat wrote: post #27

Agree with this 100%. Hustle porn is toxic and and the ethos needs to be avoided. It is clear why people latch onto the narrative. Working insane hours is a way to conceal incompetence. When your boss or employees come knocking and sees the complete waste you have made of your task, you can point at your complete lack of social life and how much you have martyred yourself for your company as proof of your competence.…

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic

I love comments like this where your reaction to it flip flops between reverence and revulsion like an optical illusion.

Re: The Dangerous Fetishization of ‘Hustle Porn’

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Post by JerryPavlic »

Let's be honest - it's all about perspective. Gary V is trying to motivate people.

50 cent was motivating people. Michael Jordan was motivating people. Nelson Mandela was motivating people.

Why i'm even considering putting these 3 names in the same paragraph is to escalate on the fact that every human being will find his own perspective to life and purpose. The name of the game is that no matter what becomes your purpose or what do become your life guidelines - you keep yourself healthy.

And I've seen young athletes breaking their backs from over training.

Rappers loosing their lives from hustling (ok not exactly true, but i know it happens)

And peacemakers getting black eyes on protests.

We make our own choices. We find our own leaders. Nothing is wrong with Gary V's motivational speeches - what's wrong is if people take it for the holy truth, which is the basic problem of any ideology.

Re: The Dangerous Fetishization of ‘Hustle Porn’

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Post by dvfjsdhgfv »

exogeny wrote: post #10

There's nothing wrong with hard work. But there is a lot wrong with the idea that you need to work until your health is impacted to succeed; if you need to work that hard, something else is off - the idea isn't good enough, you're attacking it in the wrong way, whatever. To me this ties into the gross, pervasive trend of wantrepreneurism. Shark Tank, Zuck, Elon Musk - being a founder has never been sexier, never been…

> being a founder has never been sexier

Really? To whom?

Being rich has always been sexy. Being busy working 70 hours a week not so much. Ask any partner of a workaholic.

Re: The Dangerous Fetishization of ‘Hustle Porn’

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Post by rawTruthHurts »

dvfjsdhgfv wrote: post #93
exogeny wrote: post #10

There's nothing wrong with hard work. But there is a lot wrong with the idea that you need to work until your health is impacted to succeed; if you need to work that hard, something else is off - the idea isn't good enough, you're attacking it in the wrong way, whatever. To me this ties into the gross, pervasive trend of wantrepreneurism. Shark Tank, Zuck, Elon Musk - being a founder has never been sexier, never been…

> being a founder has never been sexier Really? To whom? Being rich has always been sexy. Being busy working 70 hours a week not so much. Ask any partner of a workaholic.

> Being rich has always been sexy

And on top of that, the guys come from an already well off background. They were able to invest all the time they wanted in their personal projects, as mundane problems like paying the rent were never issue to them.

Re: The Dangerous Fetishization of ‘Hustle Porn’

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Post by marmaduke »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #49
exogeny wrote: post #10

There's nothing wrong with hard work. But there is a lot wrong with the idea that you need to work until your health is impacted to succeed; if you need to work that hard, something else is off - the idea isn't good enough, you're attacking it in the wrong way, whatever. To me this ties into the gross, pervasive trend of wantrepreneurism. Shark Tank, Zuck, Elon Musk - being a founder has never been sexier, never been…

> there is a lot wrong with the idea that you need to work until your health is impacted to succeed Know your pay-offs. Gambling your health to enrich someone else, while you scrape by with pennies, is a last resort. Gambling your health for tremendous gains is a fair choice. These are gambles humans leaving Africa and navigating the oceans made. (The cost of loss was death.) It’s a risk we’ll face expanding to the M…

I suspect "work" here refers to that thing you do so that you can pay for the life-risking adventures worth having. If you kill yourself working how can you kill yourself scuba diving with sharks?

Re: The Dangerous Fetishization of ‘Hustle Porn’

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Post by arvinsim »

slimshady94 wrote: post #78
honkycat wrote: post #27

Agree with this 100%. Hustle porn is toxic and and the ethos needs to be avoided. It is clear why people latch onto the narrative. Working insane hours is a way to conceal incompetence. When your boss or employees come knocking and sees the complete waste you have made of your task, you can point at your complete lack of social life and how much you have martyred yourself for your company as proof of your competence.…

Don't you harbour dreams of having a startup and working with your own agency? Or pursuing a hobby like music or adventure sports seriously? You seem capable enough to do that well, why are you living life like a robot? Leave your job and travel the world with your girlfriend! I could even say you're wasting your productive potential - you could change the world instead of living this happy temporary life. /s

I almost typed out a disbelieving response because I missed the /s :D

Re: The Dangerous Fetishization of ‘Hustle Porn’

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Post by tinus_hn »

travisjungroth wrote: post #72
FooHentai wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a pretty pure example of Cargo Cult. If I shakalaka the 'hard work' stick hard enough , rainfall/supply planes/success will surely come. It didn't rain? Must not have shaken the stick hard enough.

“Cargo cult” gets thrown a around a lot, and I enjoy comments like yours that bring it back to its roots.

Cargo cult means imitating something for the sake of it, not doing rain dances or other backwards stuff.
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