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Most people never develop the idea that they’ll be great or remembered after their death, so perhaps it’s poignant to look at how it developed in your case. Thi
by badpun 5y ago
Most people never develop the idea that they’ll be great or remembered after their death, so perhaps it’s poignant to look at how it developed in your case. This should help you deal with it.
- HDMI_Cable 5y agoHuh, that’s an interesting perspective. I guess, being on HN and everything, that everyone has those illusions to grandeur at some point.
- badpun 5y agoFor me, „HN effect” was much smaller - it merely instilled in me a dream of living off of my own independent IP (software or video game or art etc). But, even that is a pipe dream for vast majority of people - I for one am not nearly hard-working enough to be able to pull that off. So, the dream had to be killed so that it doesn’t pointlessly torture me for the rest of my life.
- atatatat 5y agoWe're all just temporarily disenfranchised millionaires and billionaires, right?