Check out this book: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World — and Why Things Are Better Than You Think https://g.co/kgs/NrQSP4
You’re not wrong - shit’s fucked up. But that’s not all - there is tremendous progress in the world, and significant change coming down the pike.
Why bother? Shape the change towards what’s good, and be kind like the good dude above said.
Consider Phlebas
Glasses. My only super power is astigmatism - the contacts for it are horrible.
I went to get lasic - the dude said: you’ll need reading glasses, and maybe you’ll see a boarder. What?!? No thanks - if I need glasses sometimes it’s far better for me to use them all the time. That way I don’t lose them.
I do wish I could use sunglasses more easily, but…
Don’t mind if I do! (Wearing my vintage utilikilt this very moment)
Tl;Dr: Banned from Ask a Trump Supporter for apologizing.
Once, I was young and care free - an Innocent. I thought: If only they could see the data they would believe! And, I was uniquely prepared to help them see and understand (I was working on Data viz at the time). And so I started posting in Ask a Trump Supporter. And we got into it. And, well, the dude had a point.
When you’re wrong your wrong, so I apologized. And, I included a question mark in the apology.
Bam banned just like that for violating rule xyz about asking questions in the comments.
Never been so happy to be banned. Probably saved my marriage.
Back in the day, this job was a contract test position, or if you were lucky a technical trainer.
I am in a similar position, and really wishing I could go back to my technical training gig. My ideal would be contracting fall-to-spring, summers off - working in climate. Feels like there’s got to be some seasonal work in an industry growing so fast…