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{"pageProps":{"metadata":{"date":"\"2021-05-20 20:17:36 +08:00\"","date_modified":"\"2022-07-08 14:35:30 +08:00\"","language":"en","source":""},"title":"Professional narcissism","hast":{"type":"root","children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"nav","properties":{"className":"toc"},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"ol","properties":{"className":"toc-level toc-level-1"},"children":[]}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Per Pinker, coined from his book \"The sense of style\":\n"}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"blockquote","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"The confusion of the activities of your guild, profession, or field with the subject matter designed to deal with.\n"}]}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"To quickly understand what this means, here's some examples:\n"}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"ul","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"li","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"In film, instead of focusing what movie is about, they boast about the sales or views.\n"}]}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"li","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"In media, \"cover the coverage\", a situation where multiple sources just focuses on other sources instead of the situation itself, a problem leading to echo chambers.\n"}]}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"li","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"In learning, instead of focusing what and why of a note-taking method, they focus on the possible effects of your productivity as much as possible.\n"}]}]}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"This could also happen on yourself already.\n"}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"ul","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"li","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"In "},{"type":"element","tagName":"a","properties":{"href":"/2020-04-15-14-35-55"},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Note-taking"}]},{"type":"text","value":", you may focus on the number of notes, neglecting certain aspects such as the purpose and the quality of the notes.\n"}]}]},{"type":"element","tagName":"li","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"p","properties":{},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"In "},{"type":"element","tagName":"a","properties":{"href":"/2021-07-22-14-09-26"},"children":[{"type":"text","value":"Programming"}]},{"type":"text","value":", you may boast how the program is fast that is less readable instead of making sure the program is maintainable where maintaining that program for long-term use is more important.\n"}]}]}]}]},"backlinks":[{"path":"/2021-05-20-20-17-03","title":"Don't get caught in the hype"},{"path":"/2021-06-11-10-57-09","title":"Collecting information only feels like progress"},{"path":"/2021-07-05-12-36-41","title":"Unnecessary optimizations cripple progress"},{"path":"/journals.learning-how-to-draw","title":"Journals: Learning how to draw"}]},"__N_SSG":true}