Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020?

Re:Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020? by take_a_breath on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @12:41PM (#22238482)

I am also skeptical of "optimizing" every part of our lives. Cell phones allow us to do so many things more efficiently than in the past. But what are people actually doing with that freed up time?

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Re:Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020? by exdsq on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @12:51PM (#22238629)

Scrolling hacker news...

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Re:Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020? by lastres0rt on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @02:37PM (#22240000)

See? What's productive about that?

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Re:Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020? by hnick on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @08:59PM (#22243310)

I had to wait in line at a bank a few months ago (how quaint). It made me realise how little 'off' time we have compared to my parents' generation. It was peaceful.

Sure, websites and phones save us so much time but there's always another thing to do. If we're not doing something we are wasting time aren't we? The opportunity cost gets higher every time technology becomes more efficient. Some of us aren't even safe from the constant feed in the toilet.

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Re:Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020? by dsfyu404ed on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @01:19PM (#22238980)

>But what are people actually doing with that freed up time?

Vomiting their ideology upon strangers on the internet and watching youtube (or some other video platform).

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Re:Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020? by take_a_breath on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @01:24PM (#22239057)

And becoming more and more depressed, it seems.

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