New article: I've been watching those "I quit my job to follow my passion" videos for years. I'm not immune to their allure. However, I started noticing what they don't show. The family money. The startup spouse with health insurance. The savings from the finance job they left.
The "follow your passion" narrative isn't about courage. It's about who can afford to take the risk.
#writing #ClassPrivilege #entrepreneurship #PassionEconomy #SurvivorshipBias #SelfMadeMyth
"The very dynamics that make the #passioneconomy so alluring — the freedom, the potential for outsized success, the ability to make a living doing what you love — make it incredibly demanding, brutalising, expensive, draining and stressful. And too many #creators are hurtling towards #burnout as they push themselves to the limit to stand out in an increasingly saturated market."
https://medium.com/westenberg/the-4-dark-sides-of-the-passion-economy-5002188c4381
This is an interesting find… The Latin origin of passion is “pati,” meaning “suffer,” and the word gained popularity in Christian theology referring to the sacrificial suffering of martyrs. In the sixteenth century, passion began to refer to sexual love and a sense of strong liking or enthusiasm, seemingly the opposite of its original use
Jordan Robison
Ecologia Digital
Michael Brooks 