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Hard disagree there. Your 'free' time is valuable currency, and every minute must be invested as productively as possible, or you'll lose to someone else who d

Hard disagree there. Your 'free' time is valuable currency, and every minute must be invested as productively as possible, or you'll lose to someone else who does in this kill or die monkey knife fight economy [https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/]. (edit: corrected link. Thank you!)

singingboyo 8y ago
Poe's law may be in effect here, especially as I'm unfamiliar with SSC Moloch, but I can't agree with you if you are serious. I don't need to win a knife fight against an opponent who poisons himself. And, well, we're on HN: as we all know, burnout will pretty quickly put you out of the fight.
unhammer 8y ago
There you go: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ :) I've read that twice now. Just as interesting, funny and depressing both times.
phlakaton 8y ago
Ah, but read to the end of the essay: "So be it with Gnon. Our job is to placate him insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and invasion. And that only for a short time, until we come into our full power." To give everything of yourself over to Gnon/Moloch is to deny Elua, who Scott names the god of art, science, philosophy, love, niceness, community, civilization. One might add to that: the god of play, of gardening – of reading.
Zarath 8y ago
I don't think you want to go down this rabbit hole. Free time and relaxing is important investment IMO. My own experience with this philosophy was that it results in heavy burnout. And besides, you never know what you'll get out of a book or a TV show, some of them have been just as impactful on my life as works of philosophy or workout podcasts or what have you.
fukuro 8y ago
Hard disagree there. Free time is for enjoying life, doing things you love, spending time with loved ones,... Not everything has to be about ones productivity. Our time is way too short to spend everything producing things that will likely be forgotten or not used anymore in 75 years. We must not forget to live life.

singingboyo 8y ago

Poe's law may be in effect here, especially as I'm unfamiliar with SSC Moloch, but I can't agree with you if you are serious. I don't need to win a knife fight against an opponent who poisons himself. And, well, we're on HN: as we all know, burnout will pretty quickly put you out of the fight.

unhammer 8y ago

There you go: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ :) I've read that twice now. Just as interesting, funny and depressing both times.

phlakaton 8y ago

Ah, but read to the end of the essay: "So be it with Gnon. Our job is to placate him insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and invasion. And that only for a short time, until we come into our full power." To give everything of yourself over to Gnon/Moloch is to deny Elua, who Scott names the god of art, science, philosophy, love, niceness, community, civilization. One might add to that: the god of play, of gardening – of reading.

Zarath 8y ago

I don't think you want to go down this rabbit hole. Free time and relaxing is important investment IMO. My own experience with this philosophy was that it results in heavy burnout. And besides, you never know what you'll get out of a book or a TV show, some of them have been just as impactful on my life as works of philosophy or workout podcasts or what have you.

fukuro 8y ago

Hard disagree there. Free time is for enjoying life, doing things you love, spending time with loved ones,... Not everything has to be about ones productivity. Our time is way too short to spend everything producing things that will likely be forgotten or not used anymore in 75 years. We must not forget to live life.