Finally got around to reading https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/what-precious-things-does-the-corporate-world-steal-from-us/ and it reminded me of the project that I probably enjoyed the least, where I actually got a fair amount of intellectual stimulation, though not because of the actual work, but because I wound up commuting early to skip traffic and spending an hour at the Starbucks near the client site just reading papers and whatnot. Weird. But I do miss having chunks of time that encouraged reading like that.

@alpha Ok, so every single word of this resonated with me. Thank you for sharing it.

It is *wild* how much smarter and more intellectually agile I am now that I'm not spending eight hours a day arguing with people about all the reasons they should not lick the hot stove (them: but....everyone else is licking hot stoves, and I hear licking hot stoves increases revenue generation by 300%, and your skepticism about hot stove licking is really making people question your commitment to this project and and and...)

@swachter You’re welcome! Also, if you liked that one, you night enjoy @ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club’s other posts too.