Blog: 2023-09-21

Yes, this is a modern post Industrial Revolution phenomenon.

In the distant past, when you met someone new, they asked who you are in relation to your tribe and family.

Now, they ask what you do for the economy as an economic unit.

It’s fun to rebel against the current culture by asking someone who they are instead of what they do.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37607455

Good article, if a bit polemic

https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/16/murder-offsets/#pulped-and-papered