That problem could be attributed to the tragedy of the Commons.
Claiming you don't work well in an open plan office and being taken at face value would lead to literally everyone saying that, because surprise, most people don't work well in open plan offices (I'm very neurotupical and I hate it).
Another way to look at it is that we've evolved as a society to go out of our way to try to accomodate people with different needs when necessary. Being given an office if you have ADHD is great. Try to go back 100 years and you'd be fired from the factory instead for not being a perfect cog in the machine.
So it's actually beautiful we are able and willing to accomodate others, when for most of history that wasn't the case at all.
I'm a strong atheist but Buddhism has always been the religion I've respected the most. At least the philosophical aspect of it.
I used to struggle with this too. To this day I use a box to pick up spiders or mosquitoes and take then outside instead of killing them. But I wouldn't doubt killing termites to save my plants.
We kill everyday. When we walk, or drive the car. We're powerful giants. But we can be respectful giants.
It doesn't absolve us from our "sins", but it's far better than nothing.
I think it can be narrowed down to "be respectful". Letting your rats die would be disrespectful to them. Killing a spider that isn't harming you is disrespectful to them. Walking on top of ants you know are there is disrespectful to them.
A senior engineer that has always worked in the backend won't be able to be up to speed with a complex frontend app quickly and be as effective as a senior frontend.
There's just too much to know about browsers and underlying tech and a myriad it things.
Same for a senior frontend starting to work on a complex backend all with god knows how many interconnected technologies.
Being able to go from JS to TS? Sure. Being able to go from JS to Rust + Docker + (all your backend stuff here) not so much.
The point is that the market has been going up in the long term for as long as there's been a market. So you're better off just investing and forgetting about it rather than investing made from your feelings.
This is the best video I've watched on nutrition in ages.
Backed by real science while acknowledging the things we don't fully understand.
The idea that not all calories are the same is something I've known for a while. But understanding the reason behind it and the real numbers is enlightening.
Having a big paying community will drive more free content, as both the paying and free customers benefit from it.
If free content start sucking, less people sign up.
Plus, some content just isn't worth privatizing, like documentation.