Re: Working hard is overrated
by ahoyhere on Monday September 28, 2009 @05:41PM
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You don't get why the hate? Really?
Just think about it for a second.
Someone who has had pretty big success wrote something that contradicts the many-times-chanted mantras of large groups of people yearning for success, who haven't found it yet.
She just shot down their personal god.
And what do beliefs do when they come under attack? Counter-attack!
If Caterina's essay were all about how hard work is the god she worships, everyone would have loved this article. The dissenters would be few, and gentle. Because the realists, who are anti-hard-work-pr0n, on HN are the philosophical type. They have had more experiences to weather their blind devotion to any mantra and are more likely to say waffly things like "Well, good for him, but that's not true for everyone. Remember..."
Just think about it for a second.
Someone who has had pretty big success wrote something that contradicts the many-times-chanted mantras of large groups of people yearning for success, who haven't found it yet.
She just shot down their personal god.
And what do beliefs do when they come under attack? Counter-attack!
If Caterina's essay were all about how hard work is the god she worships, everyone would have loved this article. The dissenters would be few, and gentle. Because the realists, who are anti-hard-work-pr0n, on HN are the philosophical type. They have had more experiences to weather their blind devotion to any mantra and are more likely to say waffly things like "Well, good for him, but that's not true for everyone. Remember..."