Capitalism Actually Sucks?
Sometimes, the problem is not of individual resilience but of flawed systems breaking down. Humans have the tendency to ascribe flaws to the people around us.
Harvard Business Review • “Resilient” Isn’t the Compliment You Think It Is
Yet, capitalism benefits from blaming it on individual responsibility.
it is that knowledge that puts pressure on us to be complicit in our own (self)exploitation
Chloe Geoghegan • Tools for Slowing Down
Capitalism chases us with its' perpetual existence even in 'desirable' professions/pursuits
I don’t think capitalism is evil. Capitalism is actually good. It’s just that it gets hijacked. It gets hijacked by improper pricing of externalities. It gets hijacked by improper yields, where you have corruption, or you have monopolies.
nav.al • How to Get Rich: Every Episode
It turns out that when people make enough money to meet their needs, they just find new things to need and new lifestyles to aspire to; they never quite manage to keep up with the Joneses, because whenever they’re in danger of getting close, they nominate new and better Joneses with whom to try to keep up. As a result, they work harder and harder,
... See moreOliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Hedonistic treadmill - time management edition
e should not worry about the productivity of our curiosity.
David Perell • Expression is Compression - David Perell
Evolution works on the principle of survival of the fittest, not the fastest.
Farnam Street • In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed
There’s also a difference between expensive and tasteful. If rich people often have good taste it’s because they grew up around nice things, and many of them acquired an intolerance for not nice things as a result. That’s a good recipe for taste, but it’s not sufficient and it’s definitely not a guarantee.
Notes on “Taste” | Are.na Editorial
But even if Silicon Valley's encouraging attitude is rooted in self-interest, it has over time actually grown into a sort of benevolence.