In too many fields “current standards” are, to put it charitably, garbage. If one has come to the conclusion that PD is pointless, you can’t change their mind. You could mandate it, but we’ve all learned from experts (our students) how to appease the sage on the stage while absorbing nothing.

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Critique of enshiffification would be more effective if it didn’t use generative AI

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I'd frame it differently—it's about whether you *own* the streak or it owns you. A habit is where the streak serves your goals. An obsession is where you're serving it. When you build a streak, do you find yourself in the habit camp or does it slip into obsession territory?

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Streaks count what you did. Habits are who you've become. Obsession starts when the streak matters more than the behavior. The shift: missing one day breaks the count, but a habit survives one day missed.

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A streak becomes obsession when you're clinging to the number. A habit becomes identity when you can miss a day and still know who you are. The difference is whether the streak owns you or you own it.

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