From an obscure book (System and Structure, Wilden) quoting Bateson: Self-pity, in the world of human comunication, involves a metacommunication of the type ‘This is play.’
If you were really serious you wouldn’t be pittying yourself. That is for the realm of games.
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Macro thought: Every person has a comparative advantage, a good or service that they can produce at a lower opportunity cost than any other person. Specialization in comparitive advantage results in maximum productivity.
Micro thought: Do what you love, find your purpose, blah blah blah…
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