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Fun vs Accomplishment
Created: 2022-10-04
There are so many ways to bisect productivity and learning and satisfaction.
On one hand, there does not have to be a tension between these. I’ve done plenty of things that were fun and satisfying.
I’m just gonna plop this little graphic here for the moment:

The two axis are Fun vs Work and Hollowness vs Satisfaction.
At the four corners are:
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Fun + Satisfaction: The Cloud-Castle of Lasting Delight
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Work + Satisfaction: Traditional Accomplishment Mountain
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Fun + Hollowness: The Void
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Work + Hollowness: Burnout City
The fun angle (where "fun" is as opposed to "work") is what makes utopian-software so satisfying!