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I totally agree with your statement, but how can one compensate for the fear of missing out of new technologies, interesting discussions among interesting peopl

I totally agree with your statement, but how can one compensate for the fear of missing out of new technologies, interesting discussions among interesting people sharing their insights to the problem in hand, like you're doing with us at the moment. That's the only reason I check Hacker News, or some Subreddits multiple times a day, so that I won't miss that one non-upvoted post which could have proven significant to me, whether personally or educationally.

turingcompeteme 8y ago
How many non-upvoted life-changing posts have you come across? I've been visiting hn and reddit almost every day for maybe 8 years now, and the answer for me is zero. I find the time and effort needed (as well as the mental stress) to make sure I am not missing out on anything is not worth the end result. A quick scan of the front page gives me more than enough interesting material.
vitaflo 8y ago
FOMO is a trap. You're looking for a needle in a haystack, but instead you should let someone else bring the needle to you. If something is worth your time, someone you know and trust will bring it up to you. The more people you talk to and interact with, the more likely you are to be offered up information that is actually significant to you. It is also more likely to have a real impact because human interaction is more "sticky" than a simple website post. What you're doing now is akin to throwing a Bubble sort at the problem. It's slow, inefficient and a waste of time.
blablabla123 8y ago
Yeah but there are bizillion other tech related websites and blogs. Those are mostly not as shiny as HN but they have links as well, discussions and buzz words which can be googled. That's basically how I did things in my pre-HN times. Actually Google was my entry-point oftentimes. I think I might have missed certain trends but on the other hand I got much deeper into technologies I actually cared about.

turingcompeteme 8y ago

How many non-upvoted life-changing posts have you come across? I've been visiting hn and reddit almost every day for maybe 8 years now, and the answer for me is zero. I find the time and effort needed (as well as the mental stress) to make sure I am not missing out on anything is not worth the end result. A quick scan of the front page gives me more than enough interesting material.

vitaflo 8y ago

FOMO is a trap. You're looking for a needle in a haystack, but instead you should let someone else bring the needle to you. If something is worth your time, someone you know and trust will bring it up to you. The more people you talk to and interact with, the more likely you are to be offered up information that is actually significant to you. It is also more likely to have a real impact because human interaction is more "sticky" than a simple website post. What you're doing now is akin to throwing a Bubble sort at the problem. It's slow, inefficient and a waste of time.

blablabla123 8y ago

Yeah but there are bizillion other tech related websites and blogs. Those are mostly not as shiny as HN but they have links as well, discussions and buzz words which can be googled. That's basically how I did things in my pre-HN times. Actually Google was my entry-point oftentimes. I think I might have missed certain trends but on the other hand I got much deeper into technologies I actually cared about.