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I'm amused that this very wise very true comment is downvoted on HN. 20 year old me would have downvoted it. 40 year old me recognizes it as obvious and has a d
by JabavuAdams 7y ago
I'm amused that this very wise very true comment is downvoted on HN. 20 year old me would have downvoted it. 40 year old me recognizes it as obvious and has a divorce to show for it. There's no way 20 year old me would have believed 40 year old me, though.
- ineedasername 7y agoThis was very much my take on the comment. I also think that, if you're over 30 and don't look back on a lot of what you thought at 20 and cringe a bit, you're probably missing something. Same goes for being over 40 and looking back at 30, etc., etc.
- mixmastamyk 7y agoBoth points of view are “wrong.” As always a balance taking context into account is best.
- yakshaving_jgt 7y agoFrom my perspective, it did not seem wise to make a reductionist analogy to how Israelis feel about Palestinians, and vice versa.
- mlevental 7y agowhat exactly was reductionist about my analogy? which features of the conflict did i reduce? is it not the case that both sides having contrary perspectives on many of the same objects facts? did i imply somewhere that i endorse one side or the other? (which i do but i haven't in any way let on which).