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someone on HN believes in God? No judgments, I just thought hacker and atheist were deeply intertwined. Perhaps I just picked up the wrong impression from Reddit.
someone on HN believes in God? No judgments, I just thought hacker and atheist were deeply intertwined. Perhaps I just picked up the wrong impression from Reddit.
I belong to the Christian + Hacker set intersection as well.
someone on HN believes in God? No judgments, I just thought hacker and atheist were deeply intertwined. Perhaps I just picked up the wrong impression from Reddit.
Usually hackers are very good at logic, which precludes believing the self-contradictory bible and religious dogma, but some people are very good at compartmentalizing their brains and avoiding applying logic to some parts of their lives, apparently.
someone on HN believes in God? No judgments, I just thought hacker and atheist were deeply intertwined. Perhaps I just picked up the wrong impression from Reddit.
I really appreciated you prioritizing the "Inner Life." Our startup is actually funded by a former top VC, now life coach, Jerry Colonna who helps founders discover and develop their "inner life." You think you don't need an inner life until you are a founder of Etsy, General Assembly, etc. (his clients!) and you discover your resources aren't cutting it anymore during hypergrowth and you're at your co-founder's throat.
I think you would appreciate Jerry's blog: http://www.themonsterinyourhead.com
And, here's my blog post that also addresses how not to be "consumed" by your work. Perhaps some would argue that the answer is better "work-life balance," but I guess I subscribe to a totally different approach & paradigm altogether. As Jerry would say, "work-life balance is bullshit."
http://blog.cojourneo.com/post/23620551683/be-the-masterpiec...
This might sound crazy to some people... but, it's life to me. :-) Oh, and I'm a Christian too. We should touch base.
someone on HN believes in God? No judgments, I just thought hacker and atheist were deeply intertwined. Perhaps I just picked up the wrong impression from Reddit.
someone on HN believes in God? No judgments, I just thought hacker and atheist were deeply intertwined. Perhaps I just picked up the wrong impression from Reddit.
Usually hackers are very good at logic, which precludes believing the self-contradictory bible and religious dogma, but some people are very good at compartmentalizing their brains and avoiding applying logic to some parts of their lives, apparently.
I have yet to come across an intricate system that did not have a designer, and it would be illogical for me to believe the universe just exists.
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Usually hackers are very good at logic, which precludes believing the self-contradictory bible and religious dogma, but some people are very good at compartmentalizing their brains and avoiding applying logic to some parts of their lives, apparently.
Belief in a higher power is not completely illogical. I build/design things, and take apart and analyze other people's designs. Looking at the universe, from the smallest particles to the largest galaxies, I see a beautifully complex system of interdependent cogs that mesh together perfectly to enable life to exist. I have yet to come across an intricate system that did not have a designer, and it would be illogical…
Most programmers should be smart and logical enough to reject that kind of bullshit, but my point is that some have their minds so compartmentalized that they fall for it hook line and sinker.
Everyone was shocked that Brendan Eich turned out to be a religiously motivated homophobe. He may be able to think logically about algorithms and programming language design, but his thought process about ethics and human rights is so illogical, severely flawed and compartmentalized that he's afraid to discuss it in public. That kind of religiously motivated irrationality is detrimental to a start-up, high tech company or open source project that needs to attract the best people regardless of their sexual preference, race, sex, etc.
someone on HN believes in God? No judgments, I just thought hacker and atheist were deeply intertwined. Perhaps I just picked up the wrong impression from Reddit.
People here are more interested in talking about creating successful startups than in being "right" about their spiritual beliefs.
someone on HN believes in God? No judgments, I just thought hacker and atheist were deeply intertwined. Perhaps I just picked up the wrong impression from Reddit.
Usually hackers are very good at logic, which precludes believing the self-contradictory bible and religious dogma, but some people are very good at compartmentalizing their brains and avoiding applying logic to some parts of their lives, apparently.