It's common for parents to be daunted by the fact that their kids are being left behind. This fear leads to high-pressure parenting and its symptoms are much worse in an Indian society (in which I grew up). What kids need more is freedom to explore their own interests and inquisitiveness rather than forced lessons. I keep revisiting this article to remind myself what kids needs the most to grow.
Ask HN: What essay/blogpost do you keep going back to reread?
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What should a four-year old know?
https://magicalchildhood.wordpress.com/2010/08/31/what-shoul...
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#12Jay Kreps’ article on the log abstraction - https://engineering.linkedin.com/distributed-systems/log-wha...
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#13Execution in the Kingdom of Nouns, Steve Yegge: http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com.au/2006/03/execution-in-king...
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#14http://www.paulgraham.com/startupideas.html
"The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas. It's to look for problems."
I personally think this is an profoundly important piece of writing.
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#15Solitude and leadership
https://theamericanscholar.org/solitude-and-leadership/
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#16Not tech related, but helped me realise how we subconsciously view others and ourselves:
http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/picture-yourself-as-a-s...
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#17The neatly itemized startup-howto advice in @jasonlbaptiste's very long comment from 7 years ago:
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#18The top idea in your mind by Paul Graham
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#19Jay Kreps’ article on the log abstraction - https://engineering.linkedin.com/distributed-systems/log-wha...
I've had this open in my browser for about two years now. I've read it maybe 1.5 times and I know I want to re-read it, but it's so long that I rarely actually get to it.
If you enjoy the subject, these two are good reads as well: - https://www.oreilly.com/ideas/the-world-beyond-batch-streami... - https://www.oreilly.com/ideas/the-world-beyond-batch-streami...
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#20"How to make breaking changes and not break all the things"
would love a poster version of this
http://web.archive.org/web/20160411085134/http://matthew.mce...