Ask HN: What Is The Most Frighteningly Ambitious Idea in Your Personal life?

#1

Post by 001sky » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 9:35 PM UTC

Do you have unique, original, and outstanding Orthogonal ideas that drive and motivate your work?

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#2

Post by beatpanda » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 10:32 PM UTC

What do you mean by "orthogonal" in this context?

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#3

Post by orangethirty » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 10:44 PM UTC

My most ambitious idea is to leave this planet in a better place than what I found it. Not for my child, but for all. I don't even want to be in the history books. Just knowing that I made a differecne is more than enough.

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#4

Post by alid » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 11:10 PM UTC

To live on an organic permaculture farm and build a scalable aquaponics business. Actually, build an eco village while I'm at it. Such a hippie capitalist ;)

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#5

Post by realrocker » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 11:45 PM UTC

beatpanda wrote: post #2

What do you mean by "orthogonal" in this context?

Perhaps Standalone or Non-Overlapping Ideas.

Re: Ask HN: What Is The Most Frighteningly Ambitious Idea in Your Personal life?

#6

Post by 001sky » Fri, Sep 14, 2012, 1:15 AM UTC

realrocker wrote: post #5

beatpanda wrote: post #2

What do you mean by "orthogonal" in this context?

Perhaps Standalone or Non-Overlapping Ideas.

Yes, i think that would qualify

In general, for me I think of things that are not immediate CV materiel per-se.

But are fundamental composites of what you want to achieve ultimately, in life.

This extends the time-frame and the skillset.

To things not immediately feasible or beneficial.

But perhaps not only interesting, but fundamentally determinative.

[Edits for context]

Re: Ask HN: What Is The Most Frighteningly Ambitious Idea in Your Personal life?

#7

Post by GameDev » Fri, Sep 14, 2012, 9:02 AM UTC

Make a human powered flying vehicle

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#8

Post by codegeek » Fri, Sep 14, 2012, 4:10 PM UTC

To be able to Fly like a bird.

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#9

Post by zxcvvcxz » Fri, Sep 14, 2012, 6:44 PM UTC

To become more social.

Seriously.

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#10

Post by twistedanimator » Fri, Sep 14, 2012, 8:04 PM UTC

alid wrote: post #4

To live on an organic permaculture farm and build a scalable aquaponics business. Actually, build an eco village while I'm at it. Such a hippie capitalist ;)

I was seriously coming here to say the exact same thing. Right now I am a web developer, but I've been dreaming about starting a medium sized aquaponics farm. I'm currently building a system that will use my master bath as a fish tank to learn the ropes.