Dad and the ten commandments of egoless programming (2012)

Re:Dad and the ten commandments of egoless programming (2012) by TOGoS on Monday January 17, 2022 @12:30PM (#29969008)

Because happiness is not something you can 'have', it's something that happens. If you pursue happiness as a goal in itself, you may find that whatever you thought would give you happiness is not enough. On the other hand, if you have a mission and pursue that, you might not accomplish your mission, but happiness, or at least contentment that you are making progress, may happen in the process.

Related: "What is the meaning of existence? To stop searching for the meaning of existence" (paraphrased from somewhere).

I like Alan Watts' talk on 'discipline'[1]. tl;dr: "It's enormously important, especially for American people, to understand that there is absolutely no possibility of having any pleasure in life at all without skill."

[1] https://youtu.be/RNn1FB-Yn2M - put it in a background tab to avoid the silly graphics.

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Re:Dad and the ten commandments of egoless programming (2012) by Ntrails on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @05:10AM (#29977145)

I think my argument runs counter to this. Stop chasing things you think might give you happiness/contentment in some long run, as though it is some intangible second order effect.

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