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The person somewhat cruelly judging her life is using a formula of: Life score = actual potential - genetic potential Ie she had high genetic potential but fa
by haihaibye 7y ago
The person somewhat cruelly judging her life is using a formula of:
Life score = actual potential - genetic potential
Ie she had high genetic potential but failed to live up to it. It seems she has had a gifted kid.
She sounds like she's given up on this metric but were she to have another gifted kid, and nurture the two to success making the world better, she would meet her metrics.
Have a particularly awesome kid, or lots and she can easily win big. Perhaps her genes are telling her this by giving her a sense of ennui?
- JasonFruit 7y agoThe worldview of this comment baffles me. Do you think living to maximize some imaginary "life score" is a good idea, a healthy idea, a utilitarian idea? Why not make yourself useful in whatever situation you are in, trying to make constant progress on what is important to you, and be a benefit to the people you care about? They won't put my life score on my tombstone.
- haihaibye 7y agoAssign those goals or being useful a score then try to maximise it. Write the deeds on the tombstone and let future people assign their own score.