Welcome to the ratrace.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I liked the essay, and I feel like what it's doing is describing a bar in the authors BIP... a bar shared by metric assloads of people. It's good to be aware of it, so that you can choose whether to make it part of your reality, or not.

Also, I like both what Xaz and Cram had to say about changing your perceptions, or changing the Machine. Or both. Why not?

I had loads of fun when I was a corporate cog. I also hated it. I look back on my employment history with fondness, though, because in the hate was inspiration.

In the end, what I found out was that being self-employed isn't as difficult or scary as I thought it was, and that if you have the motivation to work for yourself it's a perfectly viable option even in this mad corporate society. At this point a tremendous number of my social circle are self-employed, at ages ranging from 23 to 60-something.

I also found out that being self-employed isn't an escape from the Machine.