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#+title: Professional narcissism
#+date: "2021-05-20 20:17:36 +08:00"
#+date_modified: "2021-07-19 17:46:44 +08:00"
#+language: en


Per Pinker:

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The confusion of the activities of your guild, profession, or field with the subject matter designed to deal with.
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- coined by Steven Pinker from his book, "The sense of style"
- focuses on an unrelated thing of your study or activity
- some examples
  + in film, instead of focusing what movie is about, they boast about the sales or views
  + in media, "cover the coverage", a problem leading to echo chambers
  + in learning, instead of focusing what and why of a note-taking method, they focus on the possible effects of your productivity
- this could also happen on yourself
  + in note-taking, you may focus on the number of notes, neglecting certain aspects such as the purpose and the quality of the notes
  + in programming, you may boast how the program is fast instead of making sure the program is usable