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Show HN: HeyFromTheFuture – Advice people wish they had at your age
- patatino 8y agoI like the idea, some thoughts.. Every year seems a little much? Maybe at young age, but 21/22/23 doesn't really make that much of a difference, or even 40/45 The advice should be written for the perspective of the reader not the writer: "Hey 13 year old, don't stop learning how to play piano" How would that help a 13 year old? Something like "Hey 13 year old, I stopped playing the piano at your age and now I'm regretting it very much. I often dream how well I could play if I didn't stop and I also could teach my kids" Obviously you do not control the text. A short description with tips would maybe help.
- ryry 8y agoHey thanks for the feedback - really appreciate it. I struggled with the idea of creating a page for every age. I eventually settled on the idea that people could take the platform anywhere they wanted to, whether it was passing generic advice along, or sending themselves a very specific message at a specific time in their life. That being said, it's kind of cool to see the ages that mean the most to people. I like your idea with the short description - do you mind if I quote your example?
- patatino 8y agoyes sure, go ahead
- ryry 8y agoThanks!
- bflesch 8y agoMaybe instead of having one sub-page for each age group, why not transform the landing page into a chronological list of the five highest-voted entries for every age group, so we can seamlessly scroll from 20 to 21 to 22 etc. This allow for a much nicer reading experience with less clicks :o)
- ryry 8y agoThat's not a bad idea, thanks for the advice!
- topkai22 8y agoAnother idea- if you get enough data, it’d be interesting to see who is up voting at what age. The advice I wanted to hear at age 18 is not what I’d give at twice that age.
- aerotwelve 8y agoI really like having a different page for each individual age. This separation distinguishes your site from the countless blog posts that pass on advice "to those in their 20s and 30s" or "to those who are still young". In my eyes, these pieces are often far too general. By this, I mean the following: Thinking back on my life so far, the years 19, 20, and 22 were quite unique with respect to my then-current circumstances/knowledge/abilities (even though I was in the same undergrad program and had roughly the same job during these years). If I had the opportunity, I would give 19-year-old me very different advice than 20-year-old me! 19-year-old me really needed it! And don't even get me started on the advice 22-year-old me needed. Adding some pages that aggregate the advice submitted to similar ages (20s, teens, 18-35, choose your favorite grouping) wouldn't be bad for those who are interested, but I think taking the focus away from individual ages would minimize something quite neat that you've done here.
- icebraining 8y agoBut what if someone develops a little faster? By the time they're 19, it might be too late!
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- screaminghawk 8y agoThis is my experience too. Other commenters mentioned that people grow at different rates, but there's nothing stopping you from looking at the advice for ages around you
- chrismeller 8y agoI would add to the primer text that you should be sincere, it’s already got a lot of less than helpful stuff in it... “Don’t go bald, bald people aren’t happy.”
- gowld 8y agoThere aer treatments for hair loss that can slow but not reverse progression of baldness. "Don't go bald" is actionable.
- chrismeller 8y agoYes, and I’m trying to call China now, but apparently the Chinese food delivery guy found a friend... Maybe the advice should have been posted for 20 year olds and not 34 year olds. It’s still not helpful as is.
- glassesman 8y agoTreatments that can have seriously adverse side effects for some individuals or simply not work at all for others. Furthermore, most of the treatments do exactly what you said: they slow the progression, not halt it. It's not so black and white, unfortunately.
- akiselev 8y agoThere are also surgical robots (Restoration Robotics) that do hair transplants without leaving ugly scars.
- gadders 8y ago"Don't care about going bald" is even better.
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- cronix 8y agoOr "don't tie your self worth or happiness to your appearance," to be more general.
- j45 8y agoCultivating remaining flexibly young minded and and open minded is far more accurate than age. Closemindedness and fear exists at each age group. On the other hand, age might be used as a way to self identify a spot in the site. As children we are raised by age and grade to measure where we are, should be and headed. It's a form of subtle conditioning we do not have a choice in until it begins to wear off in one's 20's or 30's.
- MattyRad 8y agoYeah, I would like to see some context added to each piece of advice: - Piece of advice - Written by a {person's age}-year-old - Background on how that advice affected them to this point in their life. Otherwise, it kind of reads like a generic motivational quote.
- HiroshiSan 8y agoYeah, it would be nice to be able to click an age and drag through other ages, or even a ctrl+click type of selection to get a bulk list of advice.
- derangedHorse 8y agoI disagree. Having a targeted age makes the platform feel more relatable to where I am in life as opposed to general advice that can be applied to a whole age group.
- jbob2000 8y agoOh man, too accurate. Why were these words exactly what I needed to hear? Good site, thanks for the help.
- andy_adams 8y agoI think age groups would be better than individual years. Is there any advice that applies at 13 but not 14? I do love the idea of collecting wisdom. The hard part is getting the 14 year olds to believe it!
- SyneRyder 8y ago> Is there any advice that applies at 13 but not 14? I can think of some advice that is specific to an age. If you're going to apply for an overseas working holiday visa, you want that last chance reminder at age 28 or 29... because once you hit 30 you're no longer eligible. But I agree in general about age ranges. I like the idea of the user choosing their exact age, but it'd be better if the person giving the advice could choose the range of ages their advice applies to. I think it might also need some filtering / curation. The current advice at age 64 to "start saving for retirement" is, uhm, probably a bit too late at that point. I think they made a typo in the age fields somewhere.
- gowld 8y agoWow, that's rather regressive. http://global-goose.com/travel-tips/working-holiday-visas-for-canadians/ http://global-goose.com/travel-tips/working-holiday-visas-fo...
- SyneRyder 8y agoHuh, I learned something new today: "Canada and Australia have signed a mutual agreement that allows young Canadians between the ages of 18 and 35 to travel and work in Australia for up to 12 months. (The age limit used to be 30, but it was increased to 35 in 2018)." Canadians appear to be a special exception though. If you're Australian, most countries still limit you to age 30 (and Cyprus & South Korea limit you to 25 or younger, apparently): https://global-goose.com/working-holiday-visas-for-australians/ https://global-goose.com/working-holiday-visas-for-australia...
- ryry 8y agoGroups are a good idea, but my concern is how do I decide what ages fit in each group, could the categorization be different for different cultures Bang on about the 14 year olds believing it. I rejected any notion that I didn't know everything at that age.
- kareemm 8y agoAmazing. I started this 10+ years ago, called WishIKnew. It was a project to learn Rails. I learned Rails, but never launched it. Glad to see it's real - with curation, I think it could be hugely valuable. I'm 42 and wonder what people who were 50 or 60 would tell me they wished they knew at 42 as I don't have a lot of folks those ages in my life.
- ryry 8y agoThanks! I wanted to name it something similar but all the good domains were taken, so instead I settled for a veiled The Office reference. Trying to get contributions from older generations is tough, but would likely provide the best advice. I need to find a few media sources to submit to that target this age group.
- kareemm 8y agoWhere do old people hangout online? If my mom is any indication, Facebook and email. I think getting advice is the hook to get people to the site. Once you get some valuable advice, the theory is that some of those people will be inclined to participate. I'd think about this approach: 1. Seeding this with advice from people you trust. Don't even get them to register - just get the advice and input it yourself 2. Aggregate advice into posts e.g. "Top 10 lessons for peopel in their 40s from the future" 3. Share / pay to promote those posts on Facebook 4. Profit (?)
- kareemm 8y agoSome feedback: 1. Registration form is too long. Lower the barrier to entry. Maybe only ask for email and username? Or just email with a default username? 2. Try lazy registration so the flow is: - click advice - enter advice - hit submit - get asked to login/register
- ryry 8y agoHey thanks for the feedback. The registration form is a pain, I implemented SSO/oAuth with Google a few days ago in the hopes that more people would register. Email and username is a good call, thanks. I had never thought about that kind of flow before, but that's interesting, encourage people to submit advice, then ask for registration. Think I might do that. Thanks!
- gowld 8y agoBe careful. Soliciting user input and then holding it hostage is a use-hostile dark pattern that angers people. Better to warn users that they must log in to contribute (why?), and to provide the sign-up and contribution in the same page.
- brightball 8y agoIMO the most valuable sections are always going to be < 19 years old. Unfortunately, the hard thing is that when you're < 19 years old you don't want to listen to anyone because either you know everything already or they wouldn't understand. It's a paradox.
- stabbles 8y agoMakes me think of that line "If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them you know not me" from Father & Son by Cat Stevens.
- kart23 8y agoI'm 18 lol, super confused and trying to gain something from older people. However, they always seem to say the same thing, and it's mostly just common sense, along the lines of stay in school and work harder. I guess I could say the same about my high school years, but I feel like I've heard the advice on this site a thousand times over.
- brightball 8y agoThe real worthwhile advice isn’t as easy as one liners and some things are really hard to make people understand without experience.
- bradlys 8y agoI could give a lot of concrete advice to my 18 year old self. But, I don't think a lot of the advice I'd give my 18 year old self would apply to much of anyone else. (Get a side part haircut, you'll look better. Your mom wasn't right about a lot but that haircut you got as a five year old worked. Stop wearing baggy hoodies - you look stupid. Wear better fitting jeans and shirts, it'll take some effort to find ones that fit. Fix your acne, go to a dermatologist 3 years ago. etc... It's not all looks related but I needed a lot of help.) I think that's why you hear so much of "work hard and stay in school." People are trying to be as broad as humanly possible to appeal to as wide of a net as they can.
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- Arubis 8y agoConceptually, this is really appealing, though I agree with sibling comments that offering some grouping would ease browsing. What I’m finding interesting is the metacommentary on what your userbase (which I’m presuming is mostly HN at the moment) looks like. The advice for teens and twenty somethings is wide-ranging and pretty good. Almost everything for folks in their thirties is pithy and reads like it was written by someone younger. (My own bias: haven’t checked past age 40). So, presumably, there’s not as many people commenting retrospectively on their 30’s. Would be neat to track the delta between a subitter’s actual age and how old they’re willing to advise.
- ryry 8y agoHey this is a great idea. When I get a free chance I'll see if I can publish a report on it. Thanks!
- soared 8y agoThis one is unkowningly funny: Hey 26 year old, these are your prime earning years, make sure you're saving as much as you can
- stabbles 8y agoWhy do you think so?
- soared 8y agoIts the opposite lens of most the other advice. The others look at the mid 20s as a time to have fun, quit jobs you don't like, etc. This advice is purely fiscal - you earn in a prime position to earn money, so maximize that value while you can. All the advice agrees the mid 20s is a prime, but 80% is prime for fun/living while this one is prime for money. Still good advice, just a funny juxtaposition.
- pjc50 8y agoAlso that's only true for a narrow subset of people working in "rockstar" industries where the career decline is sharp after 30. Footballers, pop stars, models, some programmers. Everyone else expects to make more as they get older. Some industries (e.g. acturaries, medical) have really long qualification processes so you will only reach full pay after 30. It might be "peak savings opportunity because you don't have a family", but that's not at all the same thing.
- captainbland 8y agoHoo boy that's a lot of over-privileged suggestions right there. "hi, millennial who is working full time to make rent, now is the time to start your business!", "Why not take your family around the world?" It's a nice idea and the site works pretty well on mobile, but it sort of grinds my gears.
- ff317 8y agoActually all of these things are more achievable than you think. I have a relative who has a family of 5 (as in two adults and three young kids) and they've managed to travel the world the past several years on a high school teacher's salary. It's all about your priorities/tradeoffs and how much work you're willing to put into it. They lead a very no-frills budget-restricted life, keep very minimal possessions, put effort into finding overseas teaching jobs in low cost-of-living areas, finding dirt-cheap travel deals, and honestly I think the kids getting all this early travel and cultural exposure is probably a big net win (vs e.g. prioritizing things like buying them the latest video game consoles and fashionable clothing, etc). You could say the same for starting most small businesses. There are loans available to get up and running if you have a solid business plan and don't have awful/ruined credit, and many viable businesses can be "pay my bills" profitable fairly quickly. You won't make as much excess cash as getting on the corporate treadmill and doing well, at least not earlier on, but you do reap the rewards of being your own boss and learning a suite of skills that's much rarer, and over time even the small business world can eventually become quite lucrative if you want it to be.
- pjc50 8y ago> all of these things are more achievable than you think Perhaps one of them is achievable, but only at the cost of a very high level of focus - and giving up on the others. Travel is certainly a lot easier to achieve when you're young, and in many places cheaper (e.g. Interrail tickets, which I would recommend to anyone looking to see a lot of countries in a short time)
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- IshKebab 8y agoNice idea. But I feel like most things people wish they knew at a younger age aren't the sort of thing you can learn by reading a line of text. Most are behavioural things that you really have to experience. Like you can't just say "be more confident" to someone. Or "do more exercise". Or "don't go into debt". No shit.
- todd3834 8y agoGreat site! Was fun reading through. Out of curiosity I skipped to age 81 and saw > Hey 81 year old, You've got one good year left... maybe Ouch! That one sucks
- darepublic 8y agoNice idea, but who is to say the future advice is any good? The TNG episode http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Tapestry_(episode) http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Tapestry_(episode) is a poignant counterpoint to the idea that your hindsight perspective is always best.
- PedroBatista 8y ago34 is a rough year.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y agoHahah, I looked at it and went "uhhh, I'll try not to, I guess?"
- moonlet 8y agoThe spelling and grammar of some of the “hey x year old!” copy is not that great.
- hellofunk 8y ago“Hey 34 year old, do not become bald. Let's face it, bald people aren't happy.” Well that was sure worth my time spent on the website. I’m not sure how I will best incorporate this advice into my life.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y ago> I’m not sure how I will best incorporate this advice into my life. Don't go bald.
- jmts 8y agoRealise that the advice is nonsense and baldness has no meaningful impact on your life. Go bald and be happy.
- imtringued 8y agoSo the advice is don't listen people who post on HeyFromTheFuture? It doesn't surprise me but it's self defeating.
- jmts 8y agoGenuine advice is often coloured by a person's own bias and experience, and if another takes it without taking that into consideration, they will be misled by the same faults. In this case, the advice about baldness is a joke based on a negative stereotype for baldness, and not genuine advice at all. The default response in this post appears to be along the lines of preventing or reversing hair loss, showing support for the stereotype, and that people are taking the content at least a little bit seriously. I'm just here to say this particular piece of 'advice' is misleading at best and harmful at worst. Baldness will only affect your happiness if you let it.
- oakio 8y agoI clicked on a few ages and saw advice from someone that was the exact age. To me, those are pointless in this context. Maybe restrict posting to posters that are >= 10 years older than the age?
- blowski 8y agoDid you agree with the advice?
- oakio 8y agoDoesn't matter
- hart_russell 8y ago10 years is too much. I'm 26 and am busting my ass to get a good GRE score, because I didn't care about GPA in college because I thought I'd never want to go to grad school. Left a comment for 18 years old to take college seriously.
- elliekelly 8y agoHey 26 year old, save yourself the $50,000+ and skip grad school. The work experience you can get instead is far more valuable.
- oakio 8y agoMaybe. Just using 10 as an example. However, in 5 to 10 more years, you may have a clearer view of what you went through and why you made the choices you did. It sounds like you are still going through it and while I may agree with your perspective, I wouldn't put it in the same category of thoughts as those that have had time to marinate on the other side of the events.
- gregmac 8y agoThis reminds me very much of the video How To Age Gracefully [1]. One thing I think is missing is a "From: a x year old" for each bit of advice. I think the advice to someone in their 20's would be quite different coming from someone in their 30's vs 70's, and that in itself could be very interesting. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sycgL3Qg_Ak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sycgL3Qg_Ak 4m40s
- amsilprotag 8y agoInteresting video. Some advice seems person-specific over age-specific, as in, I wouldn't be surprised to hear them give the same advice five years prior or hence. One area where I think future advice can be most helpful is in preventing hard-to-reverse mistakes. 18F's data release for college completion rates, employment rates, etc in 2012 may have helped people avoid bad decisions[0]. Another example could be increased wariness of using a drug after hearing personal stories of people trying to quit. Using the recently shared visualization of related subreddits[1] and looking at the "/r/askdrugs" graph, one can see Kratom and quittingkratom, phenibut and quitting phenibut, benzodiazapines and quittingbenzos, opiates and quittingopiates. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Scorecard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Scorecard [1] https://anvaka.github.io/sayit/?query=askdrugs https://anvaka.github.io/sayit/?query=askdrugs
- programbreeding 8y ago>One thing I think is missing is a "From: a x year old" for each bit of advice Each piece of advice has a little person icon with a number next to it. That's the age of the person that gave that advice.
- frobozz 8y agoThe only pieces of advice available for 60 and 64 are unhelpful - they both talk about starting to save for retirement. I'm sure that the idea is that these things will fall off the bottom if the site gets more popular, but pretty much by definition, there will be less advice at the older end, so there will be less to push off the rubbish.
- ablation 8y agoBadly needs quality control.
- rocketpastsix 8y agoI like it, but I would add moderation on the comments.
- usermac 8y agoThings are newer than you perceive. What I mean is, look around at technology. You'll find it looks "already done" but it's not—it should require a second and third look by you to see what you can add. Be strong. Secondly and related, I'd do a quick study of every single bit of general tech around you as for how long it's been in use. This will open your eyes to what has been and ready for what is coming. Mentally track how long this and that has been in play—you'll be surprised and more importantly, you'll see opportunities. Go! -Edit- Misread that title and added mine here. ^_^
- SketchySeaBeast 8y ago> Hey 35 year old, be aware of spent your half life Don't need my coffee, found my morning anxiety!
- reverend_gonzo 8y agoI beg to differ with that statement. I'd say life doesn't really begin until you're on your own, so around 18 for me, but I'd really say that life picked up around the late 20s, early 30s. So, at 37, if I look at everything that I've done in the last 10 years, and now knowing what I want to do, I've still got three lives to live.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y ago> but I'd really say that life picked up around the late 20s, early 30s. So, at 37, if I look at everything that I've done in the last 10 years, and now knowing what I want to do, I've still got three lives to live. Absolutely. Since I've turned 30 I've gotten married, found my career, and bought a house. I've really only figured out life in the last 5 years or so. I've got many lifetimes to live as well.
- sitkack 8y agoLife begins as soon as you can make conscious choices in what to think about. Things that look like adulthood to us used to start at about 10-12. Maturity, focus, concentration, self confidence all ebb and flow with time and aren't guaranteed to be monotonic. Civilization allows us to do great things, but it also enables the individual to be a weaker total person while being particularly skilled in one area.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y ago> Civilization allows us to do great things, but it also enables the individual to be a weaker total person while being particularly skilled in one area. Is that actually the case? I feel like a hunter/gatherer society isn't particularly well rounded - it's just a couple of skills that one lives or dies on. I wouldn't say that a caveman was well rounded, instead they were just ignorant of everything outside of "find something to eat and kill, then mate with something else".
- marknadal 8y agoPeople who wish they lived their life differently when they were younger, are the same people who when they are older will realize their younger now self should have given different advice.
- dewaine 8y ago"Hey 18 year old, Read the Bible, believe everything in it, and apply it to your life." what
- ie21 8y agoInteresting concept in this regard - Croatian artist Dalibor Martinis interviewed his future self, asking questions in 1978 and answering in 2010 on national TV. Has english subtitles. https://youtu.be/3SCQiKDxmhk https://youtu.be/3SCQiKDxmhk
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 8y agoIt's interesting the older one doesn't speak in English.
- ie21 8y ago:) The video from 30+ years ago was recorded in Vancouver, in front of a class of English speaking students. His answers on Croatian national TV were broadcasted to a Croatian audience.
- rconti 8y ago"Hey 37 year old, Remember it’s never easier on the other side of the fence no matter how green it is." Welp, thanks for the inspiration :D
- isostatic 8y agoHey 37 year old, did you remember your age, or did you have to do the maths to work it out?
- dsfyu404ed 8y ago"sleep around in high-school, the opportunity cost will never be lower so you better get it out of your system while you're young." Well that certainly flies in the face of everything everyone is told as a kid.
- ichik 8y ago> Hey 32 year old, Even if it’s not in your budget, buy yourself a nice (>$20) bottle of wine and toast to your good health :) Uhmmm, rrrright.
- palidanx 8y agoIsn't one of the problems though that people in the younger age brackets don't tend to listen to older people? I remember in University I was a mentor, and my mentees would usually be blaise about most things. Only when they were seniors would they panic about job prospects.
- makerofspoons 8y agoIt is shocking how much of this advice assumes that the world will be a similar place even a few years from now. There is a constant set of themes, for each of the years I scanned but especially my age which is 23, to travel, invest for the future, and start businesses and I am increasingly skeptical of each. I am just starting out, and I am here because I used to think that my future involved travel and startups, but recent news has made it clear to me that travel is one of the human obsessions that is destroying this world and that the future will not happen: http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans.html?gtm=bottom http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-... My advice, for all age groups, is to enjoy what you have now and don't have kids- the world even 10-20 years from now isn't one worth living in.
- extrememacaroni 8y agoYou don't sound like you're enjoying anything.
- makerofspoons 8y agoI'm not. I'm still grieving. I think most people when they realize the extent of climate change, soil depletion, and ocean acidification will have to go through some stage of grief before they can accept the future they thought they had is going to be cut short.
- extrememacaroni 8y agoMy advice for you would be to think longer about these things, 23 is just the right age to think you have all the right answers and everyone else is wrong.
- zanny 8y agoIts a really important hump to get over. When I got out of my undergrad I felt like I owned the world, but a few years later and I felt like I knew nothing. It just made me try harder, but I think every kid needs to get over that bridge to become a legitimate adult - to be faced with both success and failure, and realize you are only ever at local maxima, there is always another mountain to climb, and you do it to aspire to see more and further.
- hnburnsy 8y agoHow about upvoting by age group. For example take advice from a 40 yo to a 20 yo, the 20 yos may not upvote but many other 40 yos may upvote the advice. Would love to see the distribution of up votes. Do 60 yos agree with the advice the 40 yo is giving the 20 yo?
- littleweep 8y agoGreat idea, this should be organized by decade. Nice idea OP.
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 8y ago"Sorry, It looks like nobody has submitted advice for age 80 yet. Try being the first" "Try" sounds funny in the context of me being an 80 year old (just testing for the octogenarians who are desperate for advice :) I'm not quite 80)
- ryry 8y agoHaha good point. I'll rewrite this. Thanks!
- teacpde 8y agoIt would be interesting if the upvotes have age statistics, e.g. of the upvotes for this advice to 30 year old, 15 are from 35 year old, 20 from 43 years old, etc
- Syzygies 8y agoHave more sex?
- Syzygies 8y agoWow, the HN filter ignored my advice completely, refusing to post my comment. It was a shorter version of engaging more in the recreational form of reproductive activity, while your body is in its prime.
- Syzygies 8y agoAnd don't waste decades thinking you're not that smart. Some people have prodigious technical skills. They'll use absolutely all of their abilities to try to lift the truck off the baby, and the wall of equations they produce while failing will make you feel like you don't belong. Don't confuse this with intelligence. It's not. The best answers are simple.
- lordnacho 8y ago> the recreational form of reproductive activity Aren't there at least two, the key distinction being the necessity of including other people? Hmm actually my younger self was already familiar with half of this set. I'm guessing you are talking about the other half.
- nkg 8y agoI love the idea, I guess the form will change when there will be more content.
- dblotsky 8y agoMeta-lesson from this site: Hey X year-old: 90% of advice, like everything else, is bad.
- skookumchuck 8y agoInvest much more aggressively in stocks.
- fallingfrog 8y agoThis is some of the worst advice I’ve ever seen..
- mettamage 8y agoFor Singularity University I conceived of a similar idea. I called it TimeTraveller. I am not on my computer but a couple of ideas I had: 1. Match people with similar personalities (measured by the big 5). This idea hypothesizes that similar personalities can help each other. 2. Match people per topic. This idea hypothesizes that experts can help non-experts. Matching older people with younger people and allowing them to chat regarding their lives can give a time traveller type of effect. Here is someone who's done what you want to do and walked a similar path beforehand already.
- fallingfrog 8y agoThis is all such a bunch of gormless vapid chicken-soup-for-the-soul bullshit. One gets the sense that none of the people giving advice have ever faced real hardship. when the moment comes that you have to make a real choice, the best advice I can think of is to not listen to all these self satisfied blowhards who have never walked in your shoes and think for yourself.
- icebraining 8y agoSome people make really bad decisions when thinking for themselves, though; I've met a few. It might be worth trying to find advice from people who have actually faced real hardship rather than trying to wing it all on one's own.
- reading-at-work 8y agoI don't know, I thought "Hey 24 year old, you need systems not goals!" was actually an interesting take. Of course, none of this is actionable until you apply it to your own life, but I don't think this is meant to be taken as gospel. It's a neat idea, no more no less.
- dwaltrip 8y agoIt seems to me that you are blowing things out of proportion. It's not supposed to an accumulation of the world's greatest wisdom.
- ElijahLynn 8y agoThis has great potential! Every now and then I learn something new that I wish somebody would have taught me when I was younger. Simple tricks that make life easier. Not going to go into things that I think could be improved right now but just leave this as encouragement to develop this further as it can really be useful to the world! Well done on getting the idea shipped!
- arjun_tina 8y agoThe idea here is very cool, but was disappointed by the execution. A lot of the advice given is really simplistic. I'd like to see (1) more deep, meaningful advice (2) from smart, successful people (ex: Warren Buffet).
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- teekert 8y agoFor many popular advises I know quite sure that my response would have been "meh". Yeah it would have been nice to be able to play the guitar now, but 13 y/o me will tell 36 y/o me: "Screw you, I have more fun things to do, learn it yourself you lazy old man. By the way, what is stopping you from doing that anyway??"
- dreambg 8y agoIt's a fun and interesting idea. Would definitely like to see how it'll evolve further.
- jmts 8y agoHoping there's a "Hey 15 year old, everything you've learned and are likely to learn in the next several years through TV and popular culture about life and relationships will turn out to be wrong or misleading, but it sure made lots of money!".
- psalminen 8y agoCool idea! Looking through it, I'm not sure I like the ability to post to your current age though. It doesn't read like worthy advice to me.
- jackconnor 8y ago“Do not become bald” is the only English-language advice at 34 years old. Helpful.
- screaminghawk 8y agoThe voting system is interesting. How can anyone judge whether the information is good for an age group higher than their own, or even for their own age? I would have expected that you can only vote on advice for ages younger than yourself, much the same as giving the advice
- oaf357 8y agoHey 18 year old, Read the Bible, believe everything in it, and apply it to your life. Uhh... No.
- charliebrownau 8y agoThe best advice for young men * Work in Trade * Avoid women at work * Never DATE * Never cohabit with females * Never EVER MARRY * Be willing to admit the law is DESIGNED since the 70s to be against MEN * Watch the Red pill Movie & red pill/mgtow content on the internet * warning: feminism is SOCIALISM * Warning: political "correct" is another name for CENSORSHIP * Warning: "hate speech" is another name for Censorship or speech that SOCIALISTS disagree with #MGTOW
- BasicObject 8y agoHonestly one of the coolest site ideas I've seen in a long time. I'll be checking back.
- yyrrll 8y agoHey Nineteen That's 'Retha Franklin