Destroying is easier than creating. To merely stand in opposition to an existing idea is easy. It is easy to rebel, to reject the ideas of others or the constructs of society at large, but I challenge you to come up with better ideas and actually carry them out. You will find that making the rules is much more difficult than breaking the rules.
Why do the majority of people dislike their jobs? Perhaps it is because they do not have the courage to like their job. Again, it is easy to dislike your job, to have something to blame your unhappiness on in case the need arises. If you carry out your dreams and do what you want to do, you have only yourself to blame if things don't turn out so well. People fear this, irrationally so. And so the job becomes an ugly means to an end rather than an end in and of itself, the act of creating.
Somewhat less far-reaching: I have realized that the day I wear a business suit to work is the day I renounce actually doing work. I can't imagine programming in a suit. I would only put one on to demonstrate my right to do basically nothing and get paid for it.
Posted by Alan at October 14, 2002 09:06 PM