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Ask HN: I want to be an expert in many things but my lifetime won't be enough

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Re: Ask HN: I want to be an expert in many things but my lifetime won't be enough

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Post by lcall »

asd wrote: post #87
lcall wrote: post #75

This can be guided by knowing one's purpose in life, and by knowing that life does not end when this mortal lifetime ends, but we will actually continue to exist; and it is possible, based on our individual choices, that our learning, service, and growth can continue. For me, this helps take the pressure off. I wrote how I know this, at my simple web site (in profile). There are ways to use our time that brings happi…

> knowing that life does not end when this mortal lifetime ends. Citation needed.

My simple web site (in profile) has many links and references, answers to questions, and details. Be sure to read the top part about ~ "how to read this site", as I have really tried to make the site both readily skimmable, and detailed.

I have also learned some of these things for myself, not depending only on what others, or books, say. Again, details in the site and nothing for sale there, no JS currently either.

Re: Ask HN: I want to be an expert in many things but my lifetime won't be enough

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Post by davchana »

fezfight wrote: post #74
reality_inspctr wrote: post #62

I built an app to model this out. It forecasts your future down to the millisecond. It's super simple right now, but has a "time machine" function to see where you'll be in 5 / 10 / 30 years -- and whole life. i.e. You might spend 20,000 hours in the bathroom and 10,000 hours writing novels. What's valuable to me and the people who have used it is to compare how much time you'll spend on type 1 hedonistic fun vs. typ…

I enjoyed messing around with that. I'm very old and your app helped reinforce that. I have a stupid question that is likely due to my age. Please feel free to ignore me. Why is this called an app and not a webpage? Is it just modern parlance or is there some functional difference?

I have not opened the link above poster shared, but in my mind, a webpage is linear, like a page, where I read, and get info. It does not change state significantly if it even offers any interaction with user. There might be a new oage loading, or images load dynamically, but it does not get or ask information from user, process it & then spit out some data about it.

An app usually displays something on a page, but most of the data is asked from me, app processes it, stores it, displays it.

Re: Ask HN: I want to be an expert in many things but my lifetime won't be enough

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Post by rmetzler »

fezfight wrote: post #74
reality_inspctr wrote: post #62

I built an app to model this out. It forecasts your future down to the millisecond. It's super simple right now, but has a "time machine" function to see where you'll be in 5 / 10 / 30 years -- and whole life. i.e. You might spend 20,000 hours in the bathroom and 10,000 hours writing novels. What's valuable to me and the people who have used it is to compare how much time you'll spend on type 1 hedonistic fun vs. typ…

I enjoyed messing around with that. I'm very old and your app helped reinforce that. I have a stupid question that is likely due to my age. Please feel free to ignore me. Why is this called an app and not a webpage? Is it just modern parlance or is there some functional difference?

It’s a website, because it has a URL, you use a browser to access it and it’s written in html, css and JavaScript.

It’s an app, because it’s interactive. App means application, program, etc. but it doesn’t necessarily needs to be downloaded.

Re: Ask HN: I want to be an expert in many things but my lifetime won't be enough

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Post by mark_round »

jodrellblank wrote: post #90

If that idea of your lifetime not being enough is stressing you out, Dr David Burns' work on cognitive behavioural therapy might help. Saying you want to be an expert in many things because you are interested in many things could be papering over some deeper anxiety-driven motivations around 'not being good enough' or 'not being worthy of respect' or 'needing to prove yourself to someone' or 'not wanting to be a nobo…

Thank you for posting that. It came at a surprisingly opportune moment and I needed to read that. I'll be checking it out later tonight.

Re: Ask HN: I want to be an expert in many things but my lifetime won't be enough

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Post by pitsnatch »

closedloop129 wrote: post #88

Is your lifetime not enough or could the resources to become an expert be better? Looking at sports, it becomes obvious how much can be achieved with the right training. Unfortunately, right now, only the most promising talent in a field receives the best training. If we can automate that, it would be much easier to become an expert in many fields. So, if you don't want to decide, you could also improve the infrastru…

>Looking at sports, it becomes obvious how much can be achieved with the right training.

Could you elaborate? I wasn't aware of this.

Re: Ask HN: I want to be an expert in many things but my lifetime won't be enough

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Post by ultra_nick »

Still everything, but, faster! I just applied to YC with a learning accelerator that integrates many subjects into an optimized learning plan. The MVP should become useful in the next 6 months.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/conceptionary/

Re: Ask HN: I want to be an expert in many things but my lifetime won't be enough

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Post by sockaddr »

Victerius wrote: post #84
sockaddr wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Realistically a lot of people who you'd otherwise learn from will avoid discussing things with you because of this behavior. Meanwhile those willing to listen and who aren't as concerned with winning arguments will learn much more than you. EDIT: to expand on this, the smartest person I ever knew (the late Justin Corwin. Maybe someone here also knew him) would sit quietly during arguments until someone asked his opin…

> his knowledge went deeper than you could explore with mere discussion. Another principle of mine: There are no oracles. There is no individual, past, present, or future, who cannot be surpassed. No one is a knowledge god. If I learned everything Justin knew, and that wouldn't be too difficult, I imagine, then I, too, could gain a level of knowledge that goes deeper than one could explore with mere discussion, accor…

> I imagine, then I, too, could gain a level of knowledge that goes deeper than one could explore with mere discussion, according to you.

Yes, you could. Your point is?

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