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I love that the second point is basically: "No, what you write won't matter, but nothing else does either, so go ahead and write." Curiously, that makes me wa

I love that the second point is basically: "No, what you write won't matter, but nothing else does either, so go ahead and write." Curiously, that makes me want to write more.

Sileni 8y ago
It's going all the way through to the other side, in the spirit of Camus. The world is so saturated with absurdity that absurdity is the only place to grab hold.
- nyc111 8y ago
  > The world is so saturated with absurdity that absurdity is the only place to grab hold. That's why my blog is called something like "World's Absurd States" which sounds better in Turkish. But also I think nothing I write matters so I keep writing. I write about so many different subjects that people read the article they came for and they leave without checking other stuff. It's true that you have to find a nich and write only about that subject. I don't even think people have patience to read my long articles. But I write for myself. My most popular post by far is a brief article about the relationship of nipples with litter size. Is there a relationship with nipple number and average litter size? I still cannot understand why so many people are curious about this topic. Everyday a few people drop by to read that article. Unfortunately, in wordpress.com I cannot see which search terms leads to my article.
  - Sileni 8y ago
    Google analytics is really easy to set up, and would allow you to see what lead to your page. That would mean you have a google tracker on your site though.
    - nyc111 8y ago
      I read that GA is only available if I upgrade to Business plan which is obviously out of the question for me now.
chris_mc 8y ago
Do a thing for yourself, not others, and most of the reasons not to do the thing seem to fade away. If I truly want to write another Scheme interpreter for fun I just do it now, instead of thinking "several thousand people have already done this, it's useless to do again."
- derangedHorse 8y ago
  There's only so much a person would do for themselves though. I'd like to think most people eventually would want to work on something that has an impact on at least one other person. I would say having a balance of projects for oneself and projects that provide utility to other would be optimal.
jhinra 8y ago
Indeed! CirclMastr (someone who leveled up to 99 in the very first portion of Final Fantasy VII over the course of 500 hours) puts it even better: > It is because nothing has meaning unto itself that we are free to create meaning, to make metaphor, and in doing so reflect on ourselves and our world. Source: https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/4/11/15255852/final-fantasy-vii-level-99-reactor-circlmastr-meaning-life https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/4/11/15255852/final-fanta...

I love that the second point is basically: "No, what you write won't matter, but nothing else does either, so go ahead and write." Curiously, that makes me want to write more.

Sileni 8y ago

It's going all the way through to the other side, in the spirit of Camus. The world is so saturated with absurdity that absurdity is the only place to grab hold.

nyc111 8y ago
> The world is so saturated with absurdity that absurdity is the only place to grab hold. That's why my blog is called something like "World's Absurd States" which sounds better in Turkish. But also I think nothing I write matters so I keep writing. I write about so many different subjects that people read the article they came for and they leave without checking other stuff. It's true that you have to find a nich and write only about that subject. I don't even think people have patience to read my long articles. But I write for myself. My most popular post by far is a brief article about the relationship of nipples with litter size. Is there a relationship with nipple number and average litter size? I still cannot understand why so many people are curious about this topic. Everyday a few people drop by to read that article. Unfortunately, in wordpress.com I cannot see which search terms leads to my article.
- Sileni 8y ago
  Google analytics is really easy to set up, and would allow you to see what lead to your page. That would mean you have a google tracker on your site though.
  - nyc111 8y ago
    I read that GA is only available if I upgrade to Business plan which is obviously out of the question for me now.

chris_mc 8y ago

Do a thing for yourself, not others, and most of the reasons not to do the thing seem to fade away. If I truly want to write another Scheme interpreter for fun I just do it now, instead of thinking "several thousand people have already done this, it's useless to do again."

derangedHorse 8y ago
There's only so much a person would do for themselves though. I'd like to think most people eventually would want to work on something that has an impact on at least one other person. I would say having a balance of projects for oneself and projects that provide utility to other would be optimal.

jhinra 8y ago

Indeed! CirclMastr (someone who leveled up to 99 in the very first portion of Final Fantasy VII over the course of 500 hours) puts it even better: > It is because nothing has meaning unto itself that we are free to create meaning, to make metaphor, and in doing so reflect on ourselves and our world. Source: https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/4/11/15255852/final-fantasy-vii-level-99-reactor-circlmastr-meaning-life https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/4/11/15255852/final-fanta...