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Let people have their fun. Not everything in life needs to be optimized to death. My hobbies are completely unrelated to my job but they make me a much fuller a
by kayodelycaon 6y ago
Let people have their fun. Not everything in life needs to be optimized to death. My hobbies are completely unrelated to my job but they make me a much fuller and happier person. As a side-effect, everything else is improved.
If you're worried about this person's impact, think about how many people saw this and were impressed and possibly inspired? I was.
We have a much different effect on the world than we realize. The things we think are important may not be and the kind word or small bit of advice we gave without a second thought may have changed someone else's life. The human experience is too complex to be measured in spreadsheets.
- eloff 6y agoI disagree, what if not time is worth optimizing? It's the only thing you can't get more of. edit getting down voted by the immortal apparently...
- jdbernard 6y agoBut to what end and for who's benefit? What is the point of the optimization of your time?
- eloff 6y agoFor your own benefit mostly. If you want to spend some time for the benefit of society at large, so much the better. But at least you should care about your own benefit.
- jdbernard 6y agoIt just makes me think of the story of the fisherman: https://paulocoelhoblog.com/2015/09/04/the-fisherman-and-the-businessman/ https://paulocoelhoblog.com/2015/09/04/the-fisherman-and-the... Your replies seem to indicate that he should spend his time doing "productive" things instead; that would be more "optimal". I guess I'm tired of this race-to-the-bottom mentality where we spend so much time "optimizing" our productivity that we optimize the joy out of life. Productivity is a good thing, but I'm not convinced it is the greatest good.
- usrusr 6y agoWhat bigger optimization of time could there be other than spending it doing something you love doing? You can't put it in a bank.