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I agree. It's remarkable - and rather depressing - that a well-meaning article aiming to help people improve their lives, and mostly offering decent advice, is
by thenomad 9y ago
I agree. It's remarkable - and rather depressing - that a well-meaning article aiming to help people improve their lives, and mostly offering decent advice, is attracting such intense dislike.
- ckastner 9y agoI believe that any work that describes itself as being "evidence-based" has to open itself, and the evidence it bases on, up to rigorous criticism.
- thenomad 9y agoOh, absolutely - I'm not talking about the comments debating the level of evidence in the article. Those seem like absolutely fair comments, and the author of the article is responding to them well.
- HiroshiSan 9y agoI'd like to know how many actually read the article versus how many skimmed it just to shit on it.
- fangsout 9y agoI almost always assume on forums, discussion threads, and social media, that no one has made an honest attempt to understand the thing that they are disparaging.
- johnfn 9y agoJesus. Brutal but probably true. It is true though; the number of comments I see on HN directly responding to just the title of an article - even when their response has been rebutted by the article itself - is very high.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoMost commenters also seem to not know the context. 80000hours is not just some random blog, and this is not a random self-help article. This is the site that does very in-depth analysis aimed for people who want to optimize their career to make maximum positive impact in the world.