“What people face too often is being ground down by systems, institutions, and unjust leaders who insist on creating roles where people are forced to do dehumanizing, isolated, meaningless work, while not being given the agency to make smart and empowered decisions about how the work gets done”

“All you have to do is provide a worthy mission and get the fuck out of the way.”

@anildash hits the nail on the head, again.

https://www.anildash.com/2026/04/06/people-love-to-work-hard/

Actually, people love to work hard

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Anil Dash
@thibaultamartin @anildash @technically_good People don’t want to work hard when they are being exploited, it’s simple like that, and people know very well when they are