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Ask HN: How do you deal with self-help meme?
How do you deal with the cliche content you find on internet? E.g: content like follow your dreams/hobby. Self improvement hacks and platitudes like grit. (Industry is 10$ billion. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/15/improving-ourselves-to-death)
What is beyond the self improvement meme?
- cimmanom 8y agoIgnore it and focus on more interesting content? Who’s forcing you to consume this stuff?
- DanBC 8y agoI have to spend some of my time trying to correct it, because some of it is actively harmful. Here's one example from someone trying to reframe "toxic positivity": https://twitter.com/survivecourt/status/1093599908509216770 https://twitter.com/survivecourt/status/1093599908509216770
- HNLurker2 8y agoWell then I ask you how do you deal with the time correcting someone on the internet? What is the fine line between good discussion and time-wasters? https://xkcd.com/386/ https://xkcd.com/386/