9 Things I Learned in 90 Years – From the Creator of Choose Your Own Adventure [pdf]

Re:9 Things I Learned in 90 Years – From the Creator of Choo... by AaronAPU on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @07:43AM (#45345613)

If things generally worked out very well for you, it feels good to believe you got there because of your virtues, and that those who didn’t got there because of their vices.

It’s the narrative of least resistance.

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Re:9 Things I Learned in 90 Years – From the Creator of Choo... by miguelxt on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @11:27AM (#45348413)

While I do agree with your opinion, I think the opposite is also true. It feels good to believe you didn't get there because "The game is rigged", "You have to be born lucky", "The house always wins", etc, etc. This defeatist/powerless way of thinking may in fact make it worse for you. When hope is lost, what's left?

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Re:9 Things I Learned in 90 Years – From the Creator of Choo... by AaronAPU on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @11:54AM (#45348789)

Sounds like we agree with each other!

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Re:9 Things I Learned in 90 Years – From the Creator of Choo... by lotsofpulp on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @02:28PM (#45350957)

>When hope is lost, what's left?

That is what all societies are finding out right now. Before, they could count on women having babies providing a need to hope, but now that children are optional, societies don’t seem to have a replacement mechanism.

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