No it's because we're social animals that are supposed to be around other people. Sick of covid granting so much legitimacy to the antisocial among us. I actually think everyone should be forced to 5 day RTO for their own good
No it's because we're social animals that are supposed to be around other people. Sick of covid granting so much legitimacy to the antisocial among us. I actually think everyone should be forced to 5 day RTO for their own good
One might think so when alienated from the machine, but you can utilize the right temporal neocortex (mirror of your speech center on the left) which processes and emits emotions for whatever - it does not have to be other humans!
A race driver (dono anymore) called this "Mechanical Sympathy" and it's what happens when you work on what feels wrong / tedious etc when working on your computer. And that usually involves doing things down to the bits.
Can you look into your case on a memory bank and tell what chips hold what data? How it flows from the input of your fingers to the screen? A small C program using the framebuffer is within reach!
It's lovely!
Pirsig mentions this in his first book, and I always related to that part, as I'm the kind of person that "feels" the pain when someone turns a screw more than it can go, etc. Searching on the pilot you mention and the date of the book, I wouldn't be surprised if he picked up the term from Jackie Stewart indeed.
I like you! Pirsig yes, Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance - i got from Gemini it's Jackie Stewarts quote though.
Yeah, I see now my writing was confusing (it happens to me ...), as I meant to say Pirsig probably picked up the term from Stewarts.
In any case, great book. Gave it as a gift to my dad who was a mechanic when young and also rode a motorcycle (unlike Pirsig's' it as an Ariel though).
No, you’re wrong. I think everyone should be forced to remote work, and all offices should be closed forever.
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See how it feels to have someone make absolute claims that tell you how to live your life?
Plenty of us who prefer working from home have a very rich social life. It's just not centered around being in the same building together with the people you happen to work with.
That's funny. As a remote worker (on and off since around 2003, exclusively since 2009), I guess you'd consider me an antisocial, and yet you're the one who wants to force people to do something. I'm fine with people who like going to an office, I just prefer not to. I wouldn't want to force everyone to work from home though.
Do you have a good social circle outside of work?
> I'm fine with people who like going to an office, I just prefer not to. I wouldn't want to force everyone to work from home though.
Im not anti-social, but I'm an introvert with some very extrovert friends. I find interesting that we, introverts, "get" extroverts; I have no problem understanding people who like begin around other people all day long, I'm just not that guy.
But extroverts don't get introverts at all! A sentence like "yeah, I enjoy being alone by myself" feels like alien talk to them.
Yes of course
Interesting. Well, I'm glad you enjoy working from an office, but just so you know, while I'm sure the set of antisocial people intersects with that of people who like remote work, they're not equivalent. In my (admittedly anecdotal, just like yours) experience, the intersection is not that big, and it exists with the people who like working from an office too.
I have a rich social life that I enjoy, and I also despise working from offices. Fortunately, nobody can force me to do that because I'm not an employee, but it would suck for me if someone had that power over me.
I don't think it's too much of a stretch to accept that people are different and enjoy (and dislike) different things.
I get to spend more time at social activities I enjoy on days I work remotely because I don't have to waste my time on a commute.
> I actually think everyone should be forced to 5 day RTO for their own good
I think you should get a life outside of the office.
I already have a rich social life outside the office
People like to maximize time they see their families
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