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I finished Sebastian Junger's book War last night. The book covers one of the bloodiest theaters of America's campaign in Afghanistan, the remote and treacherous Korengal Valley, focused on the experience of the American soldiers who fought there. Junger also co-directed the movie Restrepo, based on the same stint of embedded reporting. (I watched Restrepo while pregnant, a combination I do not recommend!) Anyway, Junger theorizes that heroism — willingness to die for another member of your tribe — could only evolve once humans developed language, and thus the ability to convey reputations throughout the community, beyond the people who witnessed an act in person. At that point, risking your life for someone else has a possible payoff: if you both survive, the hero wins appropriate accolades (respect —> access to resources, mates, etc.) far beyond what the typical warrior can earn. Interesting idea. Not sure whether I buy it, but interesting.
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my career path: - freelance writer doing shitty low-paid gigs - editorial project manager at a vanity press focused on architecture - customer support at [fintech unicorn redacted b/c I got fired, totally deserved it btw] - fancy dog collar sales assistant [got fired from this one too, deserved it a bit less, but eh, wasn't a good fit] - more freelance writing, slightly better gigs because I started getting them via Twitter, started writing about tech / startups - reporter at Inc. Magazine, covering tech / startups - community manager at the Zcash Foundation - sabbatical year making zines full-time (in retrospect, how on earth did I afford this?) - content marketing at now-defunct startup that enabled compliant index-like investing in crypto, working with @cadillion and @jacek incidentally! - content marketing @splits [current]
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