Do you sometimes wish you never learned design because of the way it changed your view of the world?

A stretched rubber band never returns to its original shape...

This is probably just a random self post, but I thought I'd just put it out there. So, I went to design school for about two and a half years, jumped into 3 internships during that time, and worked professionally for about 10 years afterwards. During that whole time, I delved deeper and deeper into the psychology behind all aspects of design, marketing, and advertising. It trained to to target, segment, manipulate, persuade, etc. And that left me seeing the world in a very different light. I can't enjoy anything anymore because I can't help but think that everything is manufactured to tug at your emotions, nothing is genuine. I see my kid's faces light up when they experience something, like a product or toy, and my immediate reaction is, "yeah of course you feel that way. That how it was designed." But naturally I just keep my mouth shut. Why destroy that joy for them? So sometimes I wish I wasn't so hyper aware of everything. I wish I had that sense of wonderment back. Sorry, not trying to be a Debbie downer. It's just a realization I been having getting closer to the holidays.

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