Re:Ask HN: What is the best advice you got on any aspect of ...
by xyzwave on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @08:16AM
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> This is not good advice and it largely goes against steve jobs work.
I’d argue the opposite. It’s exactly aligned with his stated philosophy. Particularly in how this was influenced by an early LSD experience:
> It reinforced my sense of what was important—creating great things instead of making money, putting things back into the stream of history and of human consciousness as much as I could.
I don’t think that suggests hedonism or short term pleasure by any means.
I’d argue the opposite. It’s exactly aligned with his stated philosophy. Particularly in how this was influenced by an early LSD experience:
> It reinforced my sense of what was important—creating great things instead of making money, putting things back into the stream of history and of human consciousness as much as I could.
I don’t think that suggests hedonism or short term pleasure by any means.