Skip to content

Commit b912c3e

Browse files
committed
Update link
1 parent 374b78d commit b912c3e

1 file changed

Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion

File tree

content/essays/Why we work.md

Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ _*[“Personal fulfillment from productivity” is a feeling that I think many p
6666

6767
**Do you want to live where this job is?** **Will the commute make your life a living hell?** _[Yes.]_ Being a dogmatically stationary sort of person (as of the last four years), I find it sad how often we choose to move hundreds or thousands of miles away from our friends & families in search of more money or, if we’re lucky, more fulfilling work. While I fully believe that people should be _allowed_ to move without restriction (I’d support fully open borders if not for the inevitable political backlash), they shouldn’t feel forced to.
6868

69-
Speaking as someone raised in a tight-knit & supportive community, with a genuine connection to the land I grew up on, I think that a lot of people don’t know what they’re missing when they choose a life of endless capital-driven nomadism. While I do think travel is good for broadening your horizons ([within reason](https://potluckpress.substack.com/i/131619442/speaking-of-travel)), and it can be useful to try living in a few different places before settling down, I also think it’s ultimately in our best interest to just _pick somewhere_, committing to the friends and community we find there. In the words of John Green: [you gotta live somewhere](https://nerdfighteria.info/v/567746100/).
69+
Speaking as someone raised in a tight-knit & supportive community, with a genuine connection to the land I grew up on, I think that a lot of people don’t know what they’re missing when they choose a life of endless capital-driven nomadism. While I do think travel is good for broadening your horizons ([within reason](/notes/The-Case-Against-Travel)), and it can be useful to try living in a few different places before settling down, I also think it’s ultimately in our best interest to just _pick somewhere_, committing to the friends and community we find there. In the words of John Green: [you gotta live somewhere](https://nerdfighteria.info/v/567746100/).
7070

7171
_[If you can’t find any friends or community in the place you’ve picked, you have my permission to leave. And if this sounds like a totally unresearched projection of my own preferences onto everyone else, that’s because it is.]_
7272

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)