In fairness, a lot of these things (clothes, hairstyles, how “hard core” we can think we are based on working hours and such) have effects on our future self-image, and on any future actions that’re mediated by our future self-image. Maybe they’re protecting their psyches from getting eaten by corporate memes, by refusing to cut their hair and go work there.
I suspect we need to somehow have things less based in self-image if we are to do things that’re rooted in fresh perceptions etc. in the way e.g. science needs, but it’s a terrifying transition.
In fairness, a lot of these things (clothes, hairstyles, how “hard core” we can think we are based on working hours and such) have effects on our future self-image, and on any future actions that’re mediated by our future self-image. Maybe they’re protecting their psyches from getting eaten by corporate memes, by refusing to cut their hair and go work there.
I suspect we need to somehow have things less based in self-image if we are to do things that’re rooted in fresh perceptions etc. in the way e.g. science needs, but it’s a terrifying transition.