Re:Ask HN: How do you consume HN?
by brudgers on Saturday April 05, 2025 @02:56PM
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I struggle to keep up with all the content and conversations
You can't keep up with most things, let alone everything.
The feeling that you aren't keeping up is the result of increased experience with the world as an adult combined with a mistaken belief held when your experiences consisted largely of childhood.
On the bright side, once you accept how much you don't know and that you can't know everything, you realize that the rest of your life can be spent being amazed by the new things you learn. Or not.
Or to put it another way, trying to keep up is a manifestation of FOMO. Good luck.
You can't keep up with most things, let alone everything.
The feeling that you aren't keeping up is the result of increased experience with the world as an adult combined with a mistaken belief held when your experiences consisted largely of childhood.
On the bright side, once you accept how much you don't know and that you can't know everything, you realize that the rest of your life can be spent being amazed by the new things you learn. Or not.
Or to put it another way, trying to keep up is a manifestation of FOMO. Good luck.