4. Is the Dichotomy between Fun and Seriousness as Rigid as it seems?

A Random Mexican-Standoff

In this episode, we try to understand the nuances of getting serious about something you are passionate about. To help us tackle this and other such serious questions we call upon our friend Akhil, who is invested in all things philosophical. So join us as Rathi takes over Gajapure's position as the guy with the doc (though not as passionately formatted) and we discuss whether dreams and jobs can exist together.

Things that we discuss this episode:

Astralis roster shift (Xyp9x and Gla1ve burnout): https://www.essentiallysports.com/csgo-player-xyp9x-takes-break-from-astralis-after-posting-emotional-statement-snappi-esports-news/

Astralis' Psychologist: https://youtu.be/1FB76xQ8XL4

Rest of Rathi's notes on this topic: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14vtCbPG28gKoZ5UIZ4BktiHi6IvtzA1bJkuC62ZJ4U8/edit?pli=1#heading=h.77rb5wewxlbs

The Dark Side of the Video Game Industry (Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj): https://youtu.be/pLAi_cmly6Q

Google's insane work hours: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14vtCbPG28gKoZ5UIZ4BktiHi6IvtzA1bJkuC62ZJ4U8/edit?pli=1#heading=h.cu6rkhgmp0wz

Do you have fun playing Shogi? (a clip from Shreyas' favourite show - March Comes in Like a Lion): https://youtu.be/03wfXowO9uQ

Burnout statistics: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14vtCbPG28gKoZ5UIZ4BktiHi6IvtzA1bJkuC62ZJ4U8/edit?pli=1#bookmark=id.7jkydkcl5hp1

Scary things that a YouTuber goes through [1] PewDiePie and Linue Tech Tips Burnout: https://www.ccn.com/pewdiepie-and-linus-tech-tips-youtuber-burnout-is-serious/[2] MatPat's (The Game Theorists) story: https://youtu.be/ACNhHTqIVqk[3] CDawgVA story on how he lost $10,000 To YouTube Copyright: https://youtu.be/nBl2BuzURno

Is too much data bad?: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14vtCbPG28gKoZ5UIZ4BktiHi6IvtzA1bJkuC62ZJ4U8/edit?pli=1#heading=h.j1kpveddq2vi

Habit Tracking: https://youtu.be/0bxIg3M_MHY

Passion and Burnouts: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14vtCbPG28gKoZ5UIZ4BktiHi6IvtzA1bJkuC62ZJ4U8/edit?pli=1#heading=h.mdfdfl4e880w

Hollow Knight (Shreyas' favourite game): https://store.steampowered.com/app/367520/Hollow_Knight/

Takeaways: [1] There is an upper and a lower threshold to how much you should invest in something [2] Passion in moderation [3] https://imgflip.com/i/441xdu