> You’ve always hated people being wrong, and it turns out a lot of things can be defined as “wrong” if you have the right temperament.
> The spite-based path to impact and altruism is not the easiest road. Spite is a less fun emotion than hope, and makes fewer friends. But I also can’t bring myself to wish I didn’t have this drive, because it is my actual value system.
This really resonates with me. I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m just a crotchety shit though. Which is probably a good few years after my coworkers came to the same conclusion. I have become either enlightened or jaded enough to not really care much about it at this point though, it’s apparently how I want to live (or need to survive) in the corporate machine. Know thyself, and whatnot.
> The spite-based path to impact and altruism is not the easiest road. Spite is a less fun emotion than hope, and makes fewer friends. But I also can’t bring myself to wish I didn’t have this drive, because it is my actual value system.
This really resonates with me. I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m just a crotchety shit though. Which is probably a good few years after my coworkers came to the same conclusion. I have become either enlightened or jaded enough to not really care much about it at this point though, it’s apparently how I want to live (or need to survive) in the corporate machine. Know thyself, and whatnot.