I felt ill when I saw "being adored by society" as an explicit goal.
This is why our elders think of our generation as a bunch of self-indulgent wankbaskets. What kind of soft-batch loser wants to be "adored" by society? If that's important to you, give up on "making an impact" now and figure out a way to entertain harmlessly.
If you're worth anything, the best you can hope for, from society at large, is being passively acknowledged as having been right, and that's after a long, hard fight. Do you think Lincoln had a cozy life? Or Gandhi? Or FDR? Oh, you'll be admired by some, and have some close friends, but society at large has three modes. 1. It doesn't give a fuck about you-- that's what 99.9% of us get. 2. It hates you-- expect that for a stage if you want to be substantial. 3. After immense pain on your part on account of (2), it acknowledges that you had a point after all. Usually, (3) is posthumous.
Society doesn't "adore", it limits and retards. And if you're trying to do something real, it will do what it can to throw obstacles in your way. This isn't personal, and it shouldn't be given emotional significance because this sort of rejection will befall anyone who wants to make waves, but people need to be ready for it. People who think they can "change the world" without the world fighting back forcefully (and sometimes getting dirty) are deluding themselves. You really can't have it all; sorry.
This is the inevitable "truth/reality" our author is achieving to discover. These aren't easy lessons learned when working in finance or having early success with your first startup.
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I felt ill when I saw "being adored by society" as an explicit goal.
This is why our elders think of our generation as a bunch of self-indulgent wankbaskets. What kind of soft-batch loser wants to be "adored" by society? If that's important to you, give up on "making an impact" now and figure out a way to entertain harmlessly.
If you're worth anything, the best you can hope for, from society at large, is being passively acknowledged as having been right, and that's after a long, hard fight. Do you think Lincoln had a cozy life? Or Gandhi? Or FDR? Oh, you'll be admired by some, and have some close friends, but society at large has three modes. 1. It doesn't give a fuck about you-- that's what 99.9% of us get. 2. It hates you-- expect that for a stage if you want to be substantial. 3. After immense pain on your part on account of (2), it acknowledges that you had a point after all. Usually, (3) is posthumous.
Society doesn't "adore", it limits and retards. And if you're trying to do something real, it will do what it can to throw obstacles in your way. This isn't personal, and it shouldn't be given emotional significance because this sort of rejection will befall anyone who wants to make waves, but people need to be ready for it. People who think they can "change the world" without the world fighting back forcefully (and sometimes getting dirty) are deluding themselves. You really can't have it all; sorry.
This is the inevitable "truth/reality" our author is achieving to discover. These aren't easy lessons learned when working in finance or having early success with your first startup.