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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

The point about achievements is very good imo.

It should be the effort you put in that is rewarded, not the outcome.

You never know how much unseen effort a person puts in every day to just get up, go to school, to work, take part in social interaction, maybe never standing out for their deeda, yet being surrounded by people praising others for visible deeds.

It's controversial since people equate the amount of work put in with the end product. There is no saying if something great worked at the first try. Yet it promotes focus on externality instead of the much more important internal workings.

I can see how someone, myself included, would feel sad when a very intense piece of work goes unrewarded. Yet I ask myself if it is a relic of our primitive past which could be socialized out like incest and cannibalism. Do we not only yearn for external gratification because we are socialized that way and because others get it as well?

Feel free to disagree. I'm thinking out loud.