Re:Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on?
by p1esk on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @08:49PM
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As I get older I tend to agree with this more and more. Find something bigger than yourself. This could be your family, your company, your idea. Work on that. Build something significant, something you can be proud of. It will give your life more meaning than attempts to find out who you are.
Re:Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on?
by alexashka on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @10:49PM
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I'd love to know why you think you know what's better or worse for a stranger on the internet. Have you discovered objective reality that completely accounts for every subjective experience of every human being and can conclusively prove what is better or worse?
My, those foolish philosophers and scientists can finally retire - Andrew Kemendo has arrived, we just need to listen and do as he/she says.
Re:Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on?
by dang on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @11:35PM
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Please don't respond with personal attack, no matter how annoying another comment is. It only makes the thread even worse.
Re:Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on?
by JabavuAdams on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @11:19PM
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You're going off half-cocked and it's embarrassing.
The trend of positivity focused, directionless hedonism seeking self actualization is no better than lying around drinking all day or addicted to opiates.
Find something outside yourself to be devoted to. Do the hard work to determine what that is, test and iterate.
Happiness is a side effect of a job well done, not a goal.