8. Autism and work: entrepreneurship and employment are different flavours of poop Autistic As F**k: life, love & pop culture through a black autistic lens

Having to work to live sucks, least of all when how your brain is built doesn't support consistent productivity. In this episode I discuss how difficult I find entrepreneurship and employment, and how much I resent having to betray myself at work just to maintain basic human rights (food, shelter). I get into:

Entrepreneurship and how it triggers our fear of being perceivedCapitalism and the illusion of choiceWorkplaces wanting your time and not your productivityThe unfairness and impossibility of monetizing a passionFundamental incongruities of autism and conventional offices
References:
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
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