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I think you missed the authors point that what you do will shape the person you are. I've known a couple of people who enlisted in the military, and I do not wa

I think you missed the authors point that what you do will shape the person you are. I've known a couple of people who enlisted in the military, and I do not want to become like them. I do not think spending a couple of months in a terrible environment will make me a better person. I dont know why people always tell you that to learn you need to put yourself into uncomfortable positions. Yes, you should have an open mind, and talk to people outside your bubble. But there's no need to take a job that you'll hate, that will predictably change you, just to become "well rounded". You can just as well do something that suits your world view. Join a charity, spend a few months helping poor and sick people. You'll learn just as much, and it will predictably make you a nicer person than spending that time in the military.

greenleafjacob 11y ago
> If you have two choices, choose the harder. If you're trying to decide whether to go out running or sit home and watch TV, go running. Probably the reason this trick works so well is that when you have two choices and one is harder, the only reason you're even considering the other is laziness. You know in the back of your mind what's the right thing to do, and this trick merely forces you to acknowledge it. - Paul Graham [1] [1]: http://paulgraham.com/wealth.html http://paulgraham.com/wealth.html
- rpkhrpksq 11y ago
  You've grossly misunderstood the meaning of that quote if you think it is applicable in this context. Your post is ironically self-unaware. You talk about working harder, but you're so lazy that your post consisted solely of a poorly selected appeal to authority that wasn't augmented by a single original thought.