“Passion for your work is Stockholm syndrome — you've just convinced yourself to love your cage”
Agree
- Companies exploit passion to underpay you
- Dream job still controls your time
- Passion becomes obligation and pressure
- Turning joy into commodity kills it
Disagree
- Meaningful work is genuinely fulfilling
- Passion creates autonomy not dependence
- Better to love work than hate it
- Some work genuinely helps others
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