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I wonder sometimes if somewhere between the Puritan work ethic and the parable of the five talents, we didn’t emerge as a culture with a sense that if we have the slightest proclivity towards something, we are morally obligated to do the crap out of it. “Don’t waste the gifts you’ve been given!” messages float all around our consumable media. I mean can you imagine a movie where the middle aged woman says passionately to the young main character, “You’ve been given a gift, child!” and the plucky protagonist who is irreverent, but basically good at heart, replies, “Yeah, but I don’t actually enjoy doing it.” or “Id much rather do this other thing that I’m less good at it. It brings me more meaning.”
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 19:07:17 +0000

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