Ego and External Validation

This sounds like vanity again. Oh noez, others think less of me.

Scores you some point of self-esteem, if you're the kind of a person who bases their worth on comparing themselves with "those others".

That it is not very rewarding seems like a much more synpathetic and likely reason than egotism.

Isn't this just an ego related thing common to every human? Showing to the world that you know better?

Why is wanting validation on something you spent hours on a bad thing to you?

I think you're right. I'm not sure why people attach so much ego to the experience though.

I'm sure many people don't do it primarily to feel special. My apologies to those people. However, in my personal experience, the people I know with this mindset are also the people who seem to believe in the concept of "being better than other people" and actively pursue means to this end. I think what I am trying to say is related to Brook's warning that "You might become one of those people who loves humanity in general but not the particular humans immediately around." I'm not saying these p

what is this obsession with having "something to show for it"? why is it not enough to just be a normal, decent human being?

It's not getting things done that matters. It's feeling superior to others that matters.

It's not even ego, it's external validation. You're not sure you're doing it right and then someone says you are. Powerful.