[runjake]

> We don’t have to accept this as the status quo.

I think the challenge here is that we as a society aren't going to reach consensus on this, thereby nullifying the point. As the article mentions, half of the people will take the scene one way, and the other half of people will take it another way.

FWIW, I take it a seemingly opposite way from you, despite not identifying as a "hustler" or "techbro" or even considering myself a "go-getter".

Underneath the societal scaffolds we build on top of it, nature is brutal. It's important to always keep that in mind.

[piloto_ciego]

I don’t have to change society to make the world a better place, though.

Just because someone else doesn’t care if Randy is a good dad or Jane is a pleasant person to interact with doesn’t mean that I’m limited from caring. Life doesn’t have to be transactional, we are encouraged to live that way - but there is no law of nature that says you have to not give a shit about people unless they can do something for you, there’s no law of nature that says you cannot appreciate people’s efforts.

This stuff really isn’t that hard.