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>We hear the term “toxic masculinity” a lot these days. As someone who writes a lot about manhood, what does it mean to you? >Oh boy, I’m not sure if I really believe in it. >Why? >It seems like a label put on a certain type of behavior from the outside. It’s just such a vague term that it’s hard to address.
> Chuck Palahniuk, the author of the book the movie is based on would disagree with you.
Palahniuk: “Throughout childhood, people tell you to be less sensitive. Adulthood begins the moment someone tells you that you need to be more sensitive.”
> For one, he has said he doesn't believe in the term toxic masculinity.
He criticized the term, for being poorly defined, not the concept:
https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/a-conversation-with-chuc...
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fight-club-2-chuck-palahniuk_...
The whole activity of estimation, planning and reviewing is often just a way to implement micromanagement.
What is the benefit? It pushes engineers to spend 100% of their time on urgent tasks and stop doing any learning, exploration of new ideas, discussing alternatives, socializing.
[Over]committing creates a constant sense of urgency that leads to higher productivity in the short term. Unsurprisingly, it's a source of burnout.
There are, and has been, hundreds of different cultures. Some have similarities, some are profoundly different.
(I'm not trying to dismiss your whole point: I agree with everything else you wrote)
GPS, GSM, fiber optics, Internet, touchscreens, semiconductors, satellites, most of chemistry and aviation - all were researched and developed using taxpayer money.
And it took billions.
Now all public R&D is being destroyed and yet FLOSS fits exactly in the category.
We desperately need large, global, R&D funding not some people throwing some bucks at patreon.