If you happened to watch the second episode of the Netflix series "Squid Game," what did you make of the decision of the people who came back to the game?
I thought: "Losers!"
...and only a few weeks later, I did precisely the same.
Two months ago, I got seriously sick. It was Friday, and I attended an online meeting with two colleagues when I felt un lucid. To make the story short, for the first time in my life, I was SURE I would die, and when I realized I might get better somehow, I didn't expect to recover any sooner. Yet, after only eight weeks, I am here again, working, meeting with the very same colleagues, and delivering the documentation.
When I discovered I had a very high fever, I knew—I was entirely sure that the real reason for my sickness, the result of the immune system's collapse, was my work, the environment I found myself in. And, for the most part, I had promised myself I would never return there. But when they called saying they were waiting, I automatically, as if I were some brainless robot, answered, "OK, I'll be there soon."
I know this game is dangerous; it can even kill me. But I need money as I will surely die without it.
So, the "Squid Game" series is about many of us—people who have no choice or whose choices lead them inevitably to a sad end, because no matter what, the game we play is rigged.
