Reminded me of a book called Finite and Infinite Games
The one by Simon Sinek? I've just picked it for reading this week
James P. Carse - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/189989.Finite_and_Infini...
The Permanent Upper Crow
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#52I feel like I'm missing something here. Was this supposed to be a game? I just kept clicking and reading and clicking and reading. I finally gave up. If the goal is to tell a non-interactive story, I'd rather just scroll...
I sense a nod to https://papersplease.fandom.com/wiki/The_Republia_Times
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
Trying to be gentle here but this is pretty out of touch. - I have bought a new car exactly once in my life, and likely never will again. This is the same as pretty much every other person I know personally. The last vehicle I bought had over 300k miles on it. - Does anyone buy a new phone every year? I've never met them. - Do you really need the fancy clothes from Target when the ones from Walmart or Goodwill are mu…
I just grabbed random things I've seen from behavior in other people. If you don't fall victim to those consumerist traps, then that's legitimately great. Yes, I absolutely know folks who buy new phones every year, and who lease new cars and upgrade every 3 years. Most of whom really can't really afford to do these things but do it anyway and end up in increasing debt. And sure, buy clothes from Walmart if you have a…
I think I just took issue with what seemed like trite advice about what it takes to win at life or whatever. Your other comment on the thread cleared it up well enough:
> I'm absolutely not saying this alone is sufficient - particularly if you're unemployed or your job truly doesn't pay a living wage.
and I agree with that completely. I can definitely get behind not buying the hat (or buying a cheaper hat) but at some point it's not a hat, it's a vehicle that you need to get to work or a home repair or medical bill or something and your options become a) buy the cheap thing (and buy it again in six months when it breaks and is now more expensive) or b) walk away and suffer the consequences. I've done both, and neither really feels like winning.
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#54Cool stuff hits hard
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#55What's interesting is the creator of the site has listed on their linkedin that they're ... wait for it ... a co-founder at some generic AI startup with the goal of using AI agents to automate away manual jobs.
When did peddling dietary supplements and crypto go out of fashion?
When AI took the spotlight.
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#56What's interesting is the creator of the site has listed on their linkedin that they're ... wait for it ... a co-founder at some generic AI startup with the goal of using AI agents to automate away manual jobs.
Write what you know.
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#57It never ends… Super cool concept
Yeah, the numbers will eventually overflow if you play long enough, it seems doesn't end.
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#58Fascinating. I was able to escape the suffering by simply not purchasing a top hat. An interesting lesson that the pursuit of conspicuous consumption is the root of one’s own suffering. A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
But rent is due
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#59The real message is that, even if you don't get rich and can't buy that clothing item that is 10x your nest worth, your work can provide for your needs and your family - rent, groceries, helping extended family... (Worked at a couple of startups, didn't get rich, but had good experiences, paid for family needs, and put aside investments for the future.)
I tried to decline the job, but rent was due
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#60I wasn't expecting this to get the visibility it did... but I want to say thank you to everyone that took a few minutes of their precious time to play through this.
I made this on a whim yesterday. It's inspired by many of my experiences talking to folks in the AI space. While it paints a grim picture, I still have hope that we'll find a way out of this mess in the future.
I also want to give some recognition for the visual inspirations here. The characters are inspired by one of my favorite indie games: Death's Door. I played this in Seoul a few years ago and ended up not sleeping the entire night just to play it. It's very affordable (even for undercrows), and will probably inspire many more of my future works. Not getting paid to say this - I simply think birds are cool.
Remember - if you keep grinding, you might just be able to don that top hat...
Cheers loves!