Ask HN: What are good resources for life advice? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What are good resources for life advice?

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Post by p1esk » Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 6:30 AM UTC

wtmt wrote: post #29

whalesalad wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Disclaimer: This is it’s a series of posts on how to get better at life written by someone that ended their own life.

Why is that a disclaimer and why does your comment sound like knocking on something good? If you haven’t watched the documentary “The Internet’s Own Boy” [1], check it out. The amount of harassment (mental and emotional) he faced could also bring most other people to take steps that they never would’ve imagined themselves doing. It’s very easy to knock down others. But you haven’t lived his life, and you just cannot…

On the other hand, someone here mentioned Viktor Frankl, who had been through a lot worse than what Aaron Swartz faced, and survived. Which one of them is more qualified to give life advice?

Re: Ask HN: What are good resources for life advice?

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Post by gordon_freeman » Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 6:37 AM UTC

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (Basically the introduction to Stoicism philosophy)

Re: Ask HN: What are good resources for life advice?

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Post by Odenwaelder » Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 6:44 AM UTC

Dear Sugar, the Rumpus advice column.

Re: Ask HN: What are good resources for life advice?

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Post by godelmachine » Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 7:01 AM UTC

The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell.

Never knew unhappiness after I read this. Highly recommended.

Another one is Méditations by Marcus Aurelius.

Lives by Plutarch if you have the patience.

Re: Ask HN: What are good resources for life advice?

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Post by godelmachine » Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 7:06 AM UTC

jefflombardjr wrote: post #20

First and foremost, what you are describing is metacognition - thinking about the way you think. Hopefully that will aid you in your search for things! Secondly, here are some of my favorite influential material: - Li Ka-Shing, Tips on Life. My takeaway: invest in yourself. https://addicted2success.com/success-advice/asias-richest-ma... - Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture. My takeaway: don't limit yourself https://www.y…

I heard about non violent communication only last week. Heard there’s a course and a workshop too on this.

Very eager to master Non Violent Communivation coz more often than not I find myself in loss for the right word.

Re: Ask HN: What are good resources for life advice?

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Post by bubblewrap » Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 7:20 AM UTC

wtmt wrote: post #29

whalesalad wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Disclaimer: This is it’s a series of posts on how to get better at life written by someone that ended their own life.

Why is that a disclaimer and why does your comment sound like knocking on something good? If you haven’t watched the documentary “The Internet’s Own Boy” [1], check it out. The amount of harassment (mental and emotional) he faced could also bring most other people to take steps that they never would’ve imagined themselves doing. It’s very easy to knock down others. But you haven’t lived his life, and you just cannot…

I enjoyed his writing, but what is wrong with the warning? The analogy with Murdock is wrong - it would apply if Murdock had accidentally erased his own hard drive or something like that. He is giving advice about IT, not life.

Even when he was still alive, I already sometimes felt he is following an ideology that might end up hurting him. I feel the same way about many young people involved in politics. Unfortunately political movements have the tendency to swallow people, and make them give up their lives for the (presumed) greater good rather than their own benefit.

Re: Ask HN: What are good resources for life advice?

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Post by bubblewrap » Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 7:21 AM UTC

dizzyfingers wrote: post #11

Any body remember when Alone was writing The Last Psychiatrist?

What did become of him, and who is Alone? I only know The Last Psychiatrist.

Re: Ask HN: What are good resources for life advice?

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Post by bubblewrap » Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 7:22 AM UTC

temp2903d wrote: post #18

Maybe not the place to admit it but I'm more of a Naval fan myself...

Who is that, where can it be read?

Re: Ask HN: What are good resources for life advice?

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Post by lisardo » Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 7:28 AM UTC

squirrelicus wrote: post #35

Jordan Peterson's Maps of Meaning, 12 Rules for Life, and his many tens of hours of content on YouTube. If you're willing to entertain the idea for a brief moment that the Bible has any wisdom at all, his Psychological Significance of the Biblical Stories is a must. I recommend them even if you aren't willing, in fact. They converted me, and i was a fairly nihilistic atheist for almost all of my thinking life.

I see Jordan Pererson gets downvoted here, but recommend all critic to read “12 rules for life” themselves. This book helped me a lot.

Re: Ask HN: What are good resources for life advice?

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Post by codetrotter » Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 7:32 AM UTC

liamcardenas wrote: post #4

Naval has a lot of good content. I would start with his tweet storm: How to Get Rich (without getting lucky): https://twitter.com/naval/status/1002103360646823936?s=21

For whatever reason, Twitter is rate limiting me. I don’t visit Twitter almost at all, can’t even remember last time I loaded a page from twitter.com.

Anyhow, in order to be able to read this I had to use a third party service.

Link: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1002103360646823936.html