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Re: Quit Your Job

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Post by slothtrop »

Traster wrote: post #5

I'm conflicted by this article. I'm sympathetic to it, but some things just really push past my BS meter. For example: >This is related to why man became stunted with the dawn of agriculture. We traded a life limited by the occasional violent struggle over bountiful surplus for a more predictable life limited by grinding labor after barely sufficient nutrition. Firstly, "man" or humanity did all of their greatest wor…

I often see anarchists romanticizing primitive society with revisionist ideas about conflict and quality of life.

Re: Quit Your Job

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Post by quickthrower2 »

humbleMouse wrote: post #4

This is a very long article, and nowhere in it do I see how this guy supported himself after quitting his engineering job. He talks about a few vague references to situations that may be freelance paid gigs, but no specifics.

I assume mates couch + saved some money from engineering jobs

Re: Quit Your Job

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Post by [deleted] »

Traster wrote: post #5

I'm conflicted by this article. I'm sympathetic to it, but some things just really push past my BS meter. For example: >This is related to why man became stunted with the dawn of agriculture. We traded a life limited by the occasional violent struggle over bountiful surplus for a more predictable life limited by grinding labor after barely sufficient nutrition. Firstly, "man" or humanity did all of their greatest wor…

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Re: Quit Your Job

#14

Post by rl3 »

walrus01 wrote: post #7

In 2022 who still uses the term "courting"? I feel like it's a term used by somebody from the Edwardian era who needs a refill on their moustache wax.

>In 2022 who still uses the term "courting"?

This guy, apparently:

"When I wasn’t lifting and courting, I was building a network of intellectuals interested in problems of governance from beyond the established liberal democratic paradigm."

What a sentence.

>"I feel like it's a term used by somebody from the Edwardian era who needs a refill on their moustache wax."

I knew someone like this. The running joke was that they were a purveyor of 19th century elixirs, tonics—things of that nature. Then they shaved, and the magic ended.

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#15

Post by freewilly1040 »

tsukikage wrote: post #3

I'm sure that's all awesome if you can afford to live without income, but what about everyone else?

>>> It’s surprising how many more resources you have than you might think, especially when you have a good purpose and you bother to actually call them in.

Ie call up a friend who’s working like a sucker. Or has some extra trust fund bucks.

Re: Quit Your Job

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Post by [deleted] »

quickthrower2 wrote: post #12
humbleMouse wrote: post #4

This is a very long article, and nowhere in it do I see how this guy supported himself after quitting his engineering job. He talks about a few vague references to situations that may be freelance paid gigs, but no specifics.

I assume mates couch + saved some money from engineering jobs

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Re: Quit Your Job

#17

Post by lordnacho »

Traster wrote: post #5

I'm conflicted by this article. I'm sympathetic to it, but some things just really push past my BS meter. For example: >This is related to why man became stunted with the dawn of agriculture. We traded a life limited by the occasional violent struggle over bountiful surplus for a more predictable life limited by grinding labor after barely sufficient nutrition. Firstly, "man" or humanity did all of their greatest wor…

Also, there have been plenty of violent struggles over agrarian society goods, eg land.

The thing is like all "leap of faith" essays it falls down on faith. If it's a leap of faith why do you need to explain it? The essay boils down to "try a new things and don't worry about the consequences, you'll find a way". Which is a nice thing to think sometimes, but it's also worth your while to take considered bets.

I do like the about blurb of the website though.

Re: Quit Your Job

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Post by geekbird »

I found myself wishing for hip waders to even try to get through part of this self-congratulatory pile of BS.

Reading between the lines told me he quit his job, mooched off of friends and girlfriend/wife, then managed to con people into investing in a magazine. I figure he had a trust fund somewhere, or has the gift of gab and could easily part fools from their cash.

Re: Quit Your Job

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Post by myownpetard »

rl3 wrote: post #14
walrus01 wrote: post #7

In 2022 who still uses the term "courting"? I feel like it's a term used by somebody from the Edwardian era who needs a refill on their moustache wax.

> In 2022 who still uses the term "courting"? This guy, apparently: "When I wasn’t lifting and courting, I was building a network of intellectuals interested in problems of governance from beyond the established liberal democratic paradigm." What a sentence. > "I feel like it's a term used by somebody from the Edwardian era who needs a refill on their moustache wax." I knew someone like this. The running joke was tha…

Reminds me of my favorite Key and Peele sketch.

"Perchance good sir, could you point me in the direction of the nearest apothecary?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbq6Wfh9fi4&ab_channel=Key%2...

Re: Quit Your Job

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Post by vzcx »

jimbob45 wrote: post #9

"Never code in any language except Assembly. You should never willingly give up any control over your computer" - Wolf Tivy, probably

You need to be hand-assembling your machine code. You need to stop using code written by anyone else. You need to be punching in raw bytes to bootstrap an interactive forth environment. Writing your own interrupt handlers, task schedulers, and specialized allocators, bit-banging wire protocols as well as using DMA. You need to control your own computer.
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