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Re: I logged my activities at 15-minute intervals for the whole year

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Post by TeMPOraL »

ntsplnkv2 wrote: post #180
TeMPOraL wrote: post #171

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People weren't meant to raise children in a nuclear family. It's a historical aberration. In the past, you'd offload some of your parenting to grandparents, aunts and neighbors in the village (and the latter would do the same, creating a sort of distributed parenting environment). For urban population in modern times, daycare and babysitters serve as a replacement. Put another way, taking care of a young child is 16+…

When women weren't in the workforce it was a much easier time to raise children. Now women have to work so that they can have a lower middle class life. Daycare has risen because of this - not because of grandparents not watching their grandchildren.

It's not just because of that (but for sure, double-income households definitely created much greater demand for daycare facilities). Even with a stay-at-home parent, a small child can bring a couple near a breaking point.

Re: I logged my activities at 15-minute intervals for the whole year

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Post by ntsplnkv2 »

poulsbohemian wrote: post #75

Y’know, do whatever works for you, but this kind of relentless focus on time management feels like it runs exactly the opposite of what I want in my life. Meaning, when I was younger I could focus on problems for long chunks of time. As I’ve gotten older and had to deal with work stress, kid stress, life stress, dozens of devices all pinging me with notifications, people demanding my attention constantly... the truth…

I always find it humorous how many on HN bemoan things like Scrum and PMs and project plans and micromanagement...yet posts like these are so popular.

Re: I logged my activities at 15-minute intervals for the whole year

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Post by oblio »

jader201 wrote: post #140
oblio wrote: post #126

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Your viewpoint still dismisses one of the best categories of "time wasting"/"things that really matter": time spent socializing with friends and family. There have been a few studies that were pointing out people in Southern Italy live very long and happy lives (I think happiness was self-reported), despite living in relative poverty compared to developed countries. Sun + healthy diets + lots and lots of intense soci…

> + lots and lots of intense social interactions with family and close friends. As an introvert, I find “lots and lots of intense social interactions” draining (by definition). Granted, I do enjoy hanging out with friends and family, but often feel drained a bit afterwards. Of course, I’m not advocating being a loner. I wouldn’t like that either. My main point is, I wonder if extroverts — or those that are energized…

> My main point is, I wonder if extroverts — or those that are energized from intense social interactions — are more destined to be happy vs. introverts.

I don't know. I'll actually extend your question to its extreme:

Does anyone know what the evolutionary advantage of being an introverted individual in a very social species is?

Re: I logged my activities at 15-minute intervals for the whole year

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Post by renewiltord »

oblio wrote: post #174
renewiltord wrote: post #141

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The long life thing heavily correlates with the lack of quality in record keeping.

In Italy? Italy's not a third world country... Do you have any proof for that?

Sorry, I suspect sharing will just lead to an argument over perceived insults I don't intend. Consider my original comment a friendly warning. Should you think it's worth following up on, I think you'll find it easy to find evidence. If you don't, that's okay too.

Re: I logged my activities at 15-minute intervals for the whole year

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Post by renewiltord »

jader201 wrote: post #137
dundercoder wrote: post #111

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akrasia akrasia /əˈkreɪzɪə , əˈkrasɪə / (also acrasia) ▸ noun [mass noun] mainly Philosophy the state of mind in which someone acts against their better judgement through weakness of will. – ORIGIN early 19th century : from Greek, from a- ‘without’ + kratos ‘power, strength’. The term is used especially with reference to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics.

So basically procrastination. Not exactly the same, but the same sentiment.

Procrastination would be one such behaviour, certainly. An example of a non-procrastinating behaviour that is an example of akrasia is poor diet adherence: I know that I will be healthier not eating this pint of ice-cream, but I do so nonetheless.

Re: I logged my activities at 15-minute intervals for the whole year

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Post by oblio »

renewiltord wrote: post #184
oblio wrote: post #174

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In Italy? Italy's not a third world country... Do you have any proof for that?

Sorry, I suspect sharing will just lead to an argument over perceived insults I don't intend. Consider my original comment a friendly warning. Should you think it's worth following up on, I think you'll find it easy to find evidence. If you don't, that's okay too.

Ok, similar question for Spain or Greece. Spain and Greece both aren't super rich by developed country standards and yet their life expectancies are very high.

Do you think they're all doing it to piss off richer countries? :-)

Re: I logged my activities at 15-minute intervals for the whole year

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Post by throwaway0a5e »

Draiken wrote: post #49

I am always baffled how sad this extreme focus into productivity makes me. If you discovered you were going to die in a year, would you continue to spend all your time being "productive"? I figure almost everyone would shift all their focus on doing things that "really matter". Sadly I believe the world managed to make us feel guilty when we're not doing something that makes someone else rich (majority of jobs). I'm…

When you're not dying next month going to work to pay your bills "really matters".

Re: I logged my activities at 15-minute intervals for the whole year

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Post by throwaway0a5e »

CarelessExpert wrote: post #102
sunir wrote: post #57

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I think you have a very narrow understanding of what "productive" means. You can produce or make progress towards anything that you value. Making other people money is just one avenue. If you had a year to live, you would definitely want to be productive. There's a lot that needs to get done to wrap up your one single life well, so that your time on earth wasn't lost. Just getting your will and testament done, talkin…

> If you had a year to live, you would definitely want to be productive. No, I'd want to be happy. It's the uniquely American Calvinist view that conflates these things.

Maximizing productivity in the context of the parent clearly meant "doing the most of the things you find important". That could be writing a will. That could be smoking pot. It depends on the individual's preferences.

I get that misunderstanding the parent comment is an easy excuse to signal your disdain for American cultural norms but it's really not necessary in this context.

Re: I logged my activities at 15-minute intervals for the whole year

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Post by Blikkentrekker »

throwaway0a5e wrote: post #187
Draiken wrote: post #49

I am always baffled how sad this extreme focus into productivity makes me. If you discovered you were going to die in a year, would you continue to spend all your time being "productive"? I figure almost everyone would shift all their focus on doing things that "really matter". Sadly I believe the world managed to make us feel guilty when we're not doing something that makes someone else rich (majority of jobs). I'm…

When you're not dying next month going to work to pay your bills "really matters".

Quite, “living every day as though it be one's last” seems like an idiotic maxim to me.

If I knew today would be my last I would obviously splurge and forget responsibilities I have to make my next day.

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