There’s nothing inherently wrong with work that doesn’t solve problems. It’s art or research or play, depending on where it’s conducted.

I think we have a very complicated relationship with the word "work". One hack I learned in my early teens is to refer to everything I do as "work", especially when family is asking what you're doing.

Reminds me of when I moved from Toronto to the Bay Area, it was jarring to notice that everyone referred to everything as "a startup" that in Toronto we'd just call "a project"

A doodler and computerer. I like permissive/permissionless open source, smart contracts, p2p systems, room-scale VR, and NixOS.

shazow.net

Currently: WhatsABI

I think a more expansive definition of work is helpful. Lowers the stakes to find the dream job. 

But also can carry tons of baggage.  

Riffed on this quite a bit in my latest book