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by dhuk_2018 389 days ago
Can you further explain this?
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At high temperatures and pressures, some substances are neither liquid nor gas, but a fluid with properties of both.

Whereas most people work to live, and prefer boundaries between the two, worklife is an intertwined way of being.

Brunch with your business partners, afternoon shaking hands on a golf course, dinner with a senator, placing bets on Wall Street, a penthouse suite at the resort hotel where you’re keynoting, hosting a fundraiser at your home…

Basically it's their personality, but they don't do like 8-12 hours/6 days a week of drudgery work like building web apps on a deadline for someone else - that shit's draining. But if I'm putting money to work knowing my (rich) life is secure and more in control of my destiny, it's empowering for a lot of people to stay connected to it 24/7 even though it's "work".