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There is no guarantee for anything. That is not a reason not to try. There is literally nothing better to do with your life than try. So just try.
by greenhatman 10y ago
There is no guarantee for anything. That is not a reason not to try.
There is literally nothing better to do with your life than try. So just try.
- otisfunkmeyer 10y agothis comment is what a lifetime of philosophical thought, traveling, psychedelics, meditation, and experimentation has led me to as well. "there is literally nothing better to do with your life than try. so just try."
- meheleventyone 10y agoThe issue though is that a lot of the people mentioned in the original article don't think trying is worthwhile. So advice to "just try" is always going to fall short. As advice it also ignores the structural issues that make trying easier and harder for various people. One way of encouraging people to try is to break down the real barriers that exists and make it harder for them than others.
- mfukar 10y agoThis is the same kind of "advice" depressed people get. "Have you tried getting better"? "You just need to be happy". "Try my coping mechanism". "See a standup comedian". "Just try". I hope I don't have to go through all the reasons this is fundamentally disconnected from the problem described in the article now.
- nunez 10y agoWhat's your alternative?
- mfukar 10y agoProfessional therapy.
- georgiecasey 10y agowhat if that doesn't work?
- mfukar 10y agoI'm not prepared for this hypothetical, who knows what I would do, I guess I might even launch a startup.
- greenhatman 10y agoThanks, but this gives me nothing actionable. What am I supposed to do with this? Just be depressed?
- intended 10y agoYour advice is for a problem which is different from that in the article and the larger Macro scenario. People ARE trying. Its not really a good strategy as it gets no where. Its only a better strategy than not trying, as not trying gets you to being a depressing statistic, like joblessness in erstwhile manufacturing hubs.