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Don't Worry About Your Productivity, Worry About You

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Re: Don't Worry About Your Productivity, Worry About You

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Post by Volpe »

hnriot wrote: post #9

Anyone that blogs about giving up the Internet is doomed to failure and will realize the stupidity of it soon enough. Life isn't about productivity, these days being cut off from the Internet is to alienate contemporary society, there's nothing inherently better about reading books than hackernews. There is a place for both. Whenever I read about someone that beleives that extreme and drastic measures are required it…

> This is just attention seeking.

Your comment, or the OP?

People are welcome to try whatever they like to make themselves happier, and I'm glad people are happy to share their experience with the world.

You seem to have a bunch of predetermined ideas on what life is about. And that's great. But don't preach them like they are universal truth:

"Life isn't about productivity" to you

"..these days being cut off from the Internet is to alienate contemporary society..." for you

"There is a place for both." for you

Re: Don't Worry About Your Productivity, Worry About You

#12

Post by gizzlon »

Volpe wrote: post #11
hnriot wrote: post #9

Anyone that blogs about giving up the Internet is doomed to failure and will realize the stupidity of it soon enough. Life isn't about productivity, these days being cut off from the Internet is to alienate contemporary society, there's nothing inherently better about reading books than hackernews. There is a place for both. Whenever I read about someone that beleives that extreme and drastic measures are required it…

> This is just attention seeking. Your comment, or the OP? People are welcome to try whatever they like to make themselves happier, and I'm glad people are happy to share their experience with the world. You seem to have a bunch of predetermined ideas on what life is about. And that's great. But don't preach them like they are universal truth: "Life isn't about productivity" to you "..these days being cut off from th…

     "..these days being cut off from the Internet is to alienate contemporary society..." for you
actually, GP's statement is true for most people "in the west", adding "for you" is just silly..

Re: Don't Worry About Your Productivity, Worry About You

#13

Post by SysKill »

hnriot wrote: post #9

Anyone that blogs about giving up the Internet is doomed to failure and will realize the stupidity of it soon enough. Life isn't about productivity, these days being cut off from the Internet is to alienate contemporary society, there's nothing inherently better about reading books than hackernews. There is a place for both. Whenever I read about someone that beleives that extreme and drastic measures are required it…

You are projecting.

Re: Don't Worry About Your Productivity, Worry About You

#14

Post by Volpe »

gizzlon wrote: post #12
Volpe wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> This is just attention seeking. Your comment, or the OP? People are welcome to try whatever they like to make themselves happier, and I'm glad people are happy to share their experience with the world. You seem to have a bunch of predetermined ideas on what life is about. And that's great. But don't preach them like they are universal truth: "Life isn't about productivity" to you "..these days being cut off from th…

"..these days being cut off from the Internet is to alienate contemporary society..." for you actually, GP's statement is true for most people "in the west", adding "for you" is just silly..

A bit silly... except you replaced it with another qualification that essentially says the same thing.

- Most people don't live "in the west".

- Thus universal truths, better apply to them too!

Re: Don't Worry About Your Productivity, Worry About You

#15

Post by gizzlon »

Volpe wrote: post #14
gizzlon wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"..these days being cut off from the Internet is to alienate contemporary society..." for you actually, GP's statement is true for most people "in the west", adding "for you" is just silly..

A bit silly... except you replaced it with another qualification that essentially says the same thing. - Most people don't live "in the west". - Thus universal truths, better apply to them too!

Some context is implied in all communication. Most people who read HN do, and more to the point, they have an Internet connection and loosing that would alienate them from contemporary society.
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