People who have mental health issues often have limited energy, so need to consider carefully the amount of time they should invest in each possible thing that might help them.
>People who have mental health issues often have limited energy, so need to consider carefully the amount of time they should invest in each possible thing that might help them.
This can apply to everyone not just people with mental health issues. The onus is placed on the reader here since we have established that HN is just an recommendation engine. Everyone is has a responsibility to do their own due diligence, especially from comments made on the Internet.
“everyone can benefit from this therefore everyone should do it”
To
“People who are X and Y can benefit from this and should try it”
Kind of like the sanity checks/boundary checks we put in the beginning of a function before we start processing data.
Why would the onus for this not be on the reader to place within their own bounds of understanding and abilities?
1. There are plenty of people who excel at items better than others. Athletes, researchers, hackers, plumbers, electricians, basically anyone. 2. Our entire human evolution has been taking chances on things that might not succeed. 3. This is literally what YC/Hacker News is and was formed from, i.e Things posted or commented on are not given with the intention that it will work for everyone. Its all an experiment.
To loosely quote Eleanor Roosevelt[1]: > "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
[1] https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/03/30/not-inferior/