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by mtberatwork
2387 days ago
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I think it's the "rugged individualism" ethos at play (although maybe that is a tangent of Calvinist thinking?) - the fear that if you ask questions you will come across as inferior to your colleagues and risk losing a promotion at best or a job at worst. It's quite terrible thinking and leads to isolation which compounds anxiety at work. |
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Rugged individualism was probably never a thing. The first thing that settlers did when they moved west was to create towns and communities.
Anyone believing otherwise should try to live in the equivalent of the 19th century west without the support of a town and the services it provides.
(I.e.: no blacksmith, no doctor, no general store, no post office, no telegraph...)