@Daojoan @so_treu Thanks for this. Couldn’t agree more about sand.

I have, thankfully, limited exposure to this kind of hustle culture. But I spend a lot of time thinking about the ways dumb and selfish elites are ruining the world, and I see parallels. The #CrisisOfFucksGiven (as I call it) seems to infect every level of society; and as awful as this “low” version of it is, I think the elite carriers are doing much more damage with it.

I share @timolaine’s interest in what drives people’s interest in “passive income”. I have never heard a child say they dreamed of doing nothing when they grow up. I think people normally want to help other people and do meaningful work. Is our society telling young people that their only shot at security and autonomy is to exploit others?