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  1. feels very weird to apply a Marxist frame to my career, because it is very rare for me to have worked on projects which make a profit by producing things people want to buy. everything is speculation, grant-funded, investor storytime.
    1. …in reply to @v21
      i have worked on a lot of things I'm proud of, and a lot of things that have been enjoyed by a wide audience, and I have been well paid through most of it (although not reaping the same economic rewards as the owners). but the economic logic is always very 2nd or 3rd order.