Against Productivity
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Against Productivity
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#2This may be far wiser than almost anything that has ever been posted on HN, but you can't feed this shit to people who are not ready for it. It is a lesson which can not be taught. The real truths in life are not something you can read about. Real knowledge can only ever come from within. You can never lead someone to knowledge, but you CAN inspire them to seek their own - and you've done a pretty good job at that. Thank you.
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#3that radio tower looks like the one from the movie Golden Eye
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#4that radio tower looks like the one from the movie Golden Eye
That's because it is the one from Golden Eye ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_Observatory#In_Popular_...
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#5This is bullshit. Just continue to work 16 hours a day, increase your productivity and your startup will succeed. After that you'll be happy forever. And your investor too.
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#6805 million people on earth don't have enough to eat. 783 million don't have access to clean water. 1.9 million die of diarrhea every year. 176 million African adults can't read.
And this guy sits around the first world for a couple years with the back of his hand nailed to his forehead.
If he can't bring himself to do more than write a couple essays and snap some photos over a couple years, I would suggest a refreshing visit to Mozambique or Syria. People there could surely use help with the basic necessities of life.
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#7This reminds me of PG's essay - http://www.paulgraham.com/philosophy.html
Basically, I believe Author would be better off making the claim that many people (himself included) confuse the definition of productivity.
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#8805 million people on earth don't have enough to eat. 783 million don't have access to clean water. 1.9 million die of diarrhea every year. 176 million African adults can't read. And this guy sits around the first world for a couple years with the back of his hand nailed to his forehead. If he can't bring himself to do more than write a couple essays and snap some photos over a couple years, I would suggest a refresh…
Wouldn't you be using your time more productively by not reading HN?
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#9This may be far wiser than almost anything that has ever been posted on HN, but you can't feed this shit to people who are not ready for it. It is a lesson which can not be taught. The real truths in life are not something you can read about. Real knowledge can only ever come from within. You can never lead someone to knowledge, but you CAN inspire them to seek their own - and you've done a pretty good job at that. T…
"A decade in the lab will save you an afternoon in the library."
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#10Fantastic piece.
I believe in similar things. Here, where I currently live, we spend so much time working and being productive that we forget to ask questions. "Why am I doing this?" "What is the meaning of it?" "What is really important?" Then we end up lost, depressed and what not. Not all of us do, but some? Certainly. We do it because others do it. Because we believe that pursuing a different venue is not realistic. Others have that? Hell, I should have it too.
"I should totally run a startup."
Anyways, it happened to me. Went to SEA for four months. Dreamed. Life is amazing. I can do whatever I want. I don't need money to live. yadi. yada. Then you come back, and no one understands you. You are a hippy. I'm not.
In periods of doubt, I write things down. Then I remember what I believe. Then I remember I'm going back soon. That it is what I should be doing.
Being productive is ok. It's fun. But, in the end, it's not important. People are. At least, that's the conclusion I came to.
I guess I'm just rambling. Carry on.
Note: when I write "We", I mostly mean "I".