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:ID: 909b4830-72c8-4943-be47-efaf77e40253
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#+title: Professional narcissism
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#+date: "2021-05-20 20:17:36 +08:00"
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#+date_modified: "2022-07-08 14:35:30 +08:00"
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#+language: en
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Per Pinker, coined from his book "The sense of style":
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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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#+end_quote
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To quickly understand what this means, here's some examples:
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- In film, instead of focusing what movie is about, they boast about the sales or views.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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This could also happen on yourself already.
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- In [[id:0d2264a6-e487-4761-818a-d17d2833120f][Note-taking]], you may focus on the number of notes, neglecting certain aspects such as the purpose and the quality of the notes.
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- In [[id:4b33103b-7f64-4b51-8f03-cac06d4001bb][Programming]], 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.
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