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> “And if you think about what you are working on as you do you will occasionally find legitimately useful gems.” This for me. I’m greatly satisfied when a pro
by xtiansimon 6y ago
> “And if you think about what you are working on as you do you will occasionally find legitimately useful gems.”
This for me. I’m greatly satisfied when a problem I’m working is also a topic oh HN—even obliquely.
Otherwise, the question seems to put the cart before the horse—power, wealth.. these are positive side-effects of a life of engaged curiosity within a professional domain and good decisions, right place;right time, and luck. Not lighting in a bottle.
- graeme 6y ago> Otherwise, the question seems to put the cart before the horse—power, wealth.. these are positive side-effects of a life of engaged curiosity within a professional domain and good decisions, right place;right time, and luck. Not lighting in a bottle. Precisely. Well put. There’s no way HN works as a quick fix or as a direct source of gains.
- planet-and-halo 6y agoI think you hit the crux of the issue. On the one hand, life does not work the way OP assumes. It's not linear, we don't "read HN –> profit." On the other hand, news in general can become a meaningless and value-less distraction. So I think they key is what you said: intellectual curiosity and exposure to high-signal information, without a highly specific goal in mind. You get the value of serendipity and filling in some unknown unknowns while avoiding senseless and endless clicking. HN fills that niche about as well as anything, though it certainly can become a distraction if you let it.
- geswit2x 6y ago> “ Otherwise, the question seems to put the cart before the horse—power, wealth.. these are positive side-effects of a life of engaged curiosity within a professional domain and good decisions, right place;right time, and luck. Not lighting in a bottle.” I read HN for sentences like this.