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Chapter 29 on UNSCRIPTED
Beware! The Wonder Twins of Epically Bad Life Advice
Chapter 29 on UNSCRIPTED
Beware! The Wonder Twins of Epically Bad Life Advice
In 2005, Steve Jobs gave a legendary commencement speech at Stanford University. He echoed over and over, “Love what you do.” The now-famous statement has morphed into its syrupy cousin, “Do what you love.” And every time I hear it, I lose another millimeter off my molars.
Jobs’s universally accepted maxim exemplifies just how impervious a misinterpreted sound bite can become when eulogized literally — unite a survivor bias and narrative fallacy together and, wham, you get horrific life advice incontrovertibly ordained. And suddenly hordes of people want to jump off a building because someone famous told them to.
But wait, there’s more.
“Do what you love” also has a twin: the pithy proverb “Follow your passion.” Again, another perilous dose of direction, usually dispensed by unknown bloggers with unknown track records who unknowingly don’t know the theology is hogwash.
Put ’em together and what you get is The Wonder Twins of Epically Bad Life Advice.
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