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Imagine commanding 1000 employees and seeing them on a daily basis scurry around like ants, all of whom are making you wealthy. Then all of a sudden they are just numbers on a spread sheet. Must really strip some psychological power

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It's really no different than constantly checking your karma/follower/friend count or checking your portfolio. Gotta have those validation boosts or all this work would seem wasteful.

Object constancy

Ten Percent Of U.S. High School Students Graduating Without Basic Object Permanence Skills - The Onion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssjokgx0pUQ

"Well, I'd like to do better, but I don't know how I'm supposed to learn if I don't even have a teacher?"

"I'm still here, Vanessa."

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