8. Autism and work: entrepreneurship and employment are different flavours of poop
Description
Having to work to live sucks, least of all when how your brain is built doesn't support consistent productivity. In this episode I discuss how difficult I find entrepreneurship and employment, and how much I resent having to betray myself at work just to maintain basic human rights (food, shelter). I get into:
- Entrepreneurship and how it triggers our fear of being perceived
- Capitalism and the illusion of choice
- Workplaces wanting your time and not your productivity
- The unfairness and impossibility of monetizing a passion
- Fundamental incongruities of autism and conventional offices
References:
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
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