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Why is this on hacker news? It's just full of vague, unactionable statements. >Seek wealth, not money or status. Wealth is having assets that earn while you sl

by slivym 8y ago

Why is this on hacker news? It's just full of vague, unactionable statements. >Seek wealth, not money or status. Wealth is having assets that earn while you sleep. Money is how we transfer time and wealth. Status is your place in the social hierarchy. Who doesn't want assets that earn while you sleep? No one needs to be told they want that. What they need to be told is how they GET that from an entry level software engineering position in GoogBook. >If you can't code, write books and blogs, record videos and podcasts. This comes across very transparently as someone who CAN code, can't write books, blog or record videos but doesn't respect any of those activities. Do you want my sage advice? Don't denigrate the things you can't do.

gojomo 8y ago
> Why is this on hacker news? Because 55+ people upvoted it here. (And tens of thousands liked/retweeted on Twitter.) > Who doesn't want assets that earn while you sleep? No one needs to be told they want that. Many are happy with 'safe' jobs at comfortable wages! And even many who ostensibly want to be 'rich' need to be reminded that a wealth other-than-by-selling-your-waking-hours is even possible! There are so many social defaults that encourage a wage-work-only path, and obscure other practices. > What they need to be told is how they GET that from an entry level software engineering position in GoogBook. If people "need to be told" some paint-by-numbers idiot-proof checklist of exact actions to wealth, they're going to be disappointed. These sort of impressionistic hints are about the best they'll find – at least in a short format. > This comes across very transparently as someone who CAN code, can't write books, blog or record videos but doesn't respect any of those activities. I believe it's been a while since the author coded; on the other hand, he's written & recorded videos a bunch recently. So your ability to interpret his meaning – and whether he is "denigrating" any of these activities – is highly suspect. > Do you want my sage advice? Maybe, I don't know. What have you written or accomplished that implies sagely wisdom? Do you have any positive advice for becoming wealthy that's not just criticizing someone else's recommendations? > Don't denigrate the things you can't do. Compared to this "don't", the full extent of your "sagely advice", the most explicit "don't" in the author's recommendations is: "Don't partner with cynics and pessimists. Their beliefs are self-fulfilling." Is the author wrong to disparage such people, and would you instead recommend partnering with cynics and pessimists, in order to become wealthy? (I suppose that could work for certain kinds of snarky tabloid-journalism projects. If that's your jam, go for it! I look forward to the 'Launch HN' post when it has a site.)

by slivym 8y ago

gojomo 8y ago

> Why is this on hacker news? Because 55+ people upvoted it here. (And tens of thousands liked/retweeted on Twitter.) > Who doesn't want assets that earn while you sleep? No one needs to be told they want that. Many are happy with 'safe' jobs at comfortable wages! And even many who ostensibly want to be 'rich' need to be reminded that a wealth other-than-by-selling-your-waking-hours is even possible! There are so many social defaults that encourage a wage-work-only path, and obscure other practices. > What they need to be told is how they GET that from an entry level software engineering position in GoogBook. If people "need to be told" some paint-by-numbers idiot-proof checklist of exact actions to wealth, they're going to be disappointed. These sort of impressionistic hints are about the best they'll find – at least in a short format. > This comes across very transparently as someone who CAN code, can't write books, blog or record videos but doesn't respect any of those activities. I believe it's been a while since the author coded; on the other hand, he's written & recorded videos a bunch recently. So your ability to interpret his meaning – and whether he is "denigrating" any of these activities – is highly suspect. > Do you want my sage advice? Maybe, I don't know. What have you written or accomplished that implies sagely wisdom? Do you have any positive advice for becoming wealthy that's not just criticizing someone else's recommendations? > Don't denigrate the things you can't do. Compared to this "don't", the full extent of your "sagely advice", the most explicit "don't" in the author's recommendations is: "Don't partner with cynics and pessimists. Their beliefs are self-fulfilling." Is the author wrong to disparage such people, and would you instead recommend partnering with cynics and pessimists, in order to become wealthy? (I suppose that could work for certain kinds of snarky tabloid-journalism projects. If that's your jam, go for it! I look forward to the 'Launch HN' post when it has a site.)