Book clubs tend to be organized around sharing thoughts about the books the participants have read, and I never heard of those being referred to as bragging hotspots.
Your broad-stroke condescending attitude towards others make you sound like you wear a fedora. If you have insecurities to deal with, don't deal with them by trying to drag others into your personal issues.
I'm here to counteract the rampant muddled thinking that goes on here. Nobody else is willing to point out obviously flawed arguments, so consider it a service. (Hell, in the other thread, people think that grocery stores are pulling in 43 percent gross margins. Apple, Inc. would be jealous!)
Yes, and I did. Read the message. It's clear and straight to the point.
Hi, author here. I'm glad you liked it--I don't get to hear this often. :)
> I had a bit of a laugh when the author described how they read and think too much and wanted to take action - then the solution is a club who who .. meet to talk about taking action :)
I wrote this post in a hurry because I'd have broken my streak otherwise and so didn't really spend much time on it. I just made a quick note and posted it online because I've recently started treating the blog like an open notebook rather than thinking that everything that goes on it has to be something I've thought about for ages and then executed perfectly; that helps with ignoring my perfectionism. I didn't think it would make it to HN. (I was hoping that would happen to a different post.)
All of this to say that: when I had the idea, I imagined us doing things and reporting on them, but I forgot to mention it in the post. I've added the update after seeing your comment, so thanks for pointing it out!
Touché.
On the other hand this is one of the reasons why it's hard not to love the rest of humanity. The results are sometimes comical, but we're all trying.
I propose a different club rule: You can write/post/meet up/etc but for every one thing you do talking/thinking, you have to have already taken that action in real life! IE read a book about going to the gym? Don’t meet to talk about it, but go to the gym and talk about it after!