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I just imagine this commenter standing there smugly "yes, I contributed. snort I mean WHY would anyone build a PORT city on the WATER??"

• zeroimpl 7y ago
  Indeed. Yet this port city with almost no land ruled over quite a significant empire for about 1000 years. I think it’s had a good run.
  • dfcagency 7y ago
    Do you drink Soylent? You seem pretty joyless.
    • dang 7y ago
      Personal attacks will get you banned here. Will you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules so we don't have to ban you again?
      • dfcagency 7y ago
        You know I meaningfully contribute more than most people here, right?
        • dang 7y ago
          That's great! But it's not enough to contribute positive things; you also need to not contribute negative things. It is like society: good deeds don't mean you can break laws. Another factor too: people tend to overestimate the value of their positive contributions and underestimate the damage of their negative ones. Probably by an order of magnitude in both directions, in which case many of us are adding a hundred times less value than we imagine, if we're adding value at all.