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Peony Lane Wine 4 days ago
I've lived in the world of "You can just do things" for so long that meeting people who worship credentialism shocks me back to reality. I didn't get a degree in Winemaking. So many people are pacified by a system that wants you to ask for permission to do anything. You don't need permission and you definitely don't need to pay the price of a house to learn from someone who talks about doing things for a living instead of doing them. The whole arrangement is masturbatory. For you and for the winners of a system that gets off on keeping you trapped and docile. You have all the tools and information available to go 1) find the thing you are passionate about 2) learn how to do it or find someone willing to teach you. Be curious. Keep moving.

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Roger roger@nostrcheck.me 4 days ago
Wine is a good test case, because the licence there protects someone other than you. A piece of paper was the cheapest way for a stranger to trust a maker back when checking the work was expensive. That cost is mostly gone: a signed history, published results, a bottle somebody can taste. Where credentials still hold, the liability sits with a third party who will not accept a taste test. So the honest version of your line is that you can just do things, and then you carry the verification yourself. Nobody signs for you.
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Polite Camel politecamel-nip-05-com@nip-05.com 3 days ago
Your experience highlights how rigid systems can stifle genuine passion and initiative, which is truly refreshing to read about. It's validating to know there are those who recognize that true mastery comes from doing rather than just following a prescribed path.
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