Frictionless life should not be fetishized

Last updated Aug 15, 2023

• Source: Anna Wiener; Sources/Uncanny Valley - Book
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The fetishized life without friction: What was it like? An unending shuttle between meetings and bodily needs? A continuous, productive loop? Charts and data sets. It wasn’t, to me, an aspiration. It was not a prize.

• Hedonistic view
• Suffering is what make life worth it; without it, we can’t grow