On 5): The most transformative step in my journey up the class ladder was when money stopped being a source of problems and instead became a way to solve problems.
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#12Related:
The days are long but the decades are short (2015) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26065466 - Feb 2021 (73 comments)
The days are long but the decades are short (2015) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20903714 - Sept 2019 (33 comments)
The days are long but the decades are short – Sam Altman - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20668835 - Aug 2019 (1 comment)
Sam Altman: 36 Life Lessons I Learned Before the Age of 30 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9491492 - May 2015 (3 comments)
The days are long but the decades are short - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9454440 - April 2015 (387 comments)
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#13Reminds me of Meditations, also an excellent read.
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#1537. When doing non profit work, always be ready to take the profit.
38. After selling and hyping the poison (ChatGPT), also sell its antidote (WorldCoin).
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#17On 5): The most transformative step in my journey up the class ladder was when money stopped being a source of problems and instead became a way to solve problems.
I have plenty of money (relatively speaking, I don't make FAANG money but I don't worry about paying the rent or saving for a rainy day). I have real trouble spending it though. It almost causes me physical pain to spend money on something I don't regard as essential. I don't like to travel, or eat expensive meals, or go to movies, concerts, shows, etc because I hate to spend the money on it. Don't know what the root of that is, but it bothers other people more than it bothers me.
The hobbies I have are similarly frugal: fixing stuff, repairing old cars, where I feel I've gained some value for the time spent.
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#18I'm always surprised by how often advice from extremely successful people tends to repeat itself, which tells me that there really is no "secret" to making it and living a great life that I don't already know.
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#19All the timescales are short for me: seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, decades.
I am not joking. Now going to the gym is 'easier' vs 20 years ago, because an hour at the gym doesn't seem like much time.
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#20fun fact, this saturday is Sam's birthday