Do you know why I don’t work at Apple, Google, or somewhere like that? Because I don’t want to. Because I’m opting out of society. I, like John Galt, am earning a living with work that isn’t terribly important or impactful instead of getting involved with any of society’s major software projects. I’m intentionally not selling my mind to the elites.
Meanwhile, I’ve been accumulating unpublished essays for years. The total length is multiple books worth. That’s significant shrugging and opting out of the world. I didn’t used to do that. Very loosely, I shared my ideas for 15 years, then started sharing less and less during the last 10 years, getting to the point now where I share well under half.
I also share under 10% of the good links I find.
You just don’t see what I’m not sharing and don’t know what you’re missing.
I would behave differently and shrug less if the world and my audience treated me differently.