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Here I thought I was underachieving because I was reading HN comments instead of doing anything productive. Now I see that the world, or at least subsets of the
by grumblenum 5y ago
Here I thought I was underachieving because I was reading HN comments instead of doing anything productive. Now I see that the world, or at least subsets of the population I’m allowed to blame for my problems, has wronged me, which appeals to my petty sense of envy and bitterness and assuages the guilt I had about not actually trying. Perhaps this inequality is actually a grand conspiracy. I wish the press, academia, and the boards of basically every major company were woke to this crisis.
- Applejinx 5y agoDon't get it twisted. By all means DO stuff. It's not going to wind up making you rich unless your family was rich, and if you're not rich, you're not going to be able to buy your way into mainstream attention, either. Go ahead and DO stuff. If you're the kind of person where it doesn't matter unless you can 'scale' and get real competitive with all the other heavy hitters, I guess don't bother? I would humbly suggest that the best recipe for making it big is having the resources to support your attempt, AND doing something that you would still care about if you were just small time. Just saying.
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- afarrell 5y agoDifferent goals for different conversations. Your therapist or coach should be talking to you about the importance of taking care of yourself and getting after your own individual goals. Your school board and legislature should be talking about solving systemic problems. Don’t spitefully wait for your legislature to act before you start exercising self-discipline. Don’t get in the way of people trying to solve systemic problems because they make your self-discipline less needed in some way.
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- JKCalhoun 5y agoYou are correct. The homeless camps across the United States are no doubt full of people not actually trying.