If you can't meaningfully answer why something matters, then you're probably chasing a mimetic desire. When we chase mimetic desires, our [[Ego]] begins to grow. Recognize when you are in one, and don't get good at doing things you hate or else you won't be able to [[Detachment|detach]] from this mimetic desire. Overcome [[Sunk Cost Fallacy]]. ## Counters Countered by personal [[Curiosity]] and its acclimation and tolerance, which causes depth of a topic (ex. into keyboards, then mechanical keyboards, then switches and keycaps and mods and bla bla bla) To counter this, we can do [[Reflection]]