Curated. I like a lot of things about this post, but I particularly like posts that dig out something vaguely like “social” vs “non-social drives”, and how our non-social drives affect the social incentives that we set up for ourselves. I think this is a complicated tricky topic and Elizabeth has done a commendable job tacking it for herself, a good example of tackling this head on. It’s also just unfortunate that the message of “think for yourself/motivate yourself indepedent of other’s approval” can become a hoop of other’s approval. I like that this was called out. It’s tricky, but perhaps that’s just how it needs to be.
Curated. I like a lot of things about this post, but I particularly like posts that dig out something vaguely like “social” vs “non-social drives”, and how our non-social drives affect the social incentives that we set up for ourselves. I think this is a complicated tricky topic and Elizabeth has done a commendable job tacking it for herself, a good example of tackling this head on. It’s also just unfortunate that the message of “think for yourself/motivate yourself indepedent of other’s approval” can become a hoop of other’s approval. I like that this was called out. It’s tricky, but perhaps that’s just how it needs to be.