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That may have been me? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9910380 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9910380 Why? Your peer group literally gets arbitrary
by patio11 11y ago
That may have been me?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9910380 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9910380
Why? Your peer group literally gets arbitrary code execution on your brain. (It's a flaw in MonkeyBrainOS 1.01 which we haven't patched yet.) You'll tend to find yourself valuing what they value. You will tend to find yourself achieving outcomes strikingly similar to their outcomes.
Given this, picking a peer group whose values are not your values and whose outcomes are terrible is a poor choice.
- ronjouch 11y agoYES! Thanks :)
- CPLX 11y agoThat is a remarkably pithy observation.
- pnathan 11y agoBy the way, Patrick - that's a really great quote; you could turn it into a super helpful essay/blogpost. I occasionally think of it as I interact with people who are choosing peer groups with poor outcomes.