Ask HN: What's the most life-changing blog post you've ever read?

Post by gremloni » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 1:18 AM UTC

ema wrote: post #128

7 years ago I had just aborted an internship, my foray into being an employed adult, because I found myself unable to deal with disagreements. Contrary to my naive hope that the confidence boost from being a Professional Software Developer(tm) would solve all my emotional problems I now knew that my limitations would follow me around anywhere I would go. But I had no idea how to change and was too stuck in my own anx…

Post by stevofolife » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 3:13 AM UTC

salt-thrower wrote: post #279

certeoun wrote: post #216

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Reminds me of stoicism. If it's outside your control, don't bother too much. Face your challenges and do the best you can, being a better you.

It is very beautiful and interesting to me that Stoics and Buddhists arrived at very similar conclusions despite being thousands of miles apart and having little to no contact.

Post by ramraj07 » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 3:26 AM UTC

kuhzaam wrote: post #212

ramraj07 wrote: post #66

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If you keep reading murakami and Dan brown, sure you’re just juggling words for no real benefit. But if you’re gonna read the making of the atomic bomb, or team of teams, then maybe it’s not a wasteful exercise. Definitely better than writing if you ask me.

Disagree on this. I used to only read non-fiction, but these days, I feel like reading fiction (especially literary fiction) and having different experiences and empathizing with characters is more beneficial and relevant to my life in _general_ (obviously not always the case). Plus there are no limits to the realities that can be created in fiction, so there are some creative (and escapist) benefits there as well. I…

Post by mbrodersen » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 3:30 AM UTC

actually_a_dog wrote: post #304

sureglymop wrote: post #170

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I don't agree with the overall take that the world is binary in that way at all.. You create to sell? No, I think a fundamental part, for example of art, is that it can be created for no reason whatsoever. To give a personal example, I really enjoy music production and playing piano.. but I do it only for myself and have fun doing so.. i don't even share it with anyone. Does that mean I am creating but not selling? A…

> Another thing I don't understand, is your end goal in life to get rich? And do you equal being rich with being happy? Here's the deal: in a capitalist system, being rich may not equal being happy, but it certainly does equal being secure . The average worker is a lot less secure now that the days of "a job for life" are gone, and prices for housing, education, and health care have gone through the roof.

Post by sureglymop » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 5:56 AM UTC

actually_a_dog wrote: post #304

sureglymop wrote: post #170

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I don't agree with the overall take that the world is binary in that way at all.. You create to sell? No, I think a fundamental part, for example of art, is that it can be created for no reason whatsoever. To give a personal example, I really enjoy music production and playing piano.. but I do it only for myself and have fun doing so.. i don't even share it with anyone. Does that mean I am creating but not selling? A…

> Another thing I don't understand, is your end goal in life to get rich? And do you equal being rich with being happy? Here's the deal: in a capitalist system, being rich may not equal being happy, but it certainly does equal being secure . The average worker is a lot less secure now that the days of "a job for life" are gone, and prices for housing, education, and health care have gone through the roof.