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I'd like to speak with him. We have some things in common, and I'd like to hear his perspective.

• dsr_ 5y ago
  At this point he is quite depressed and anxious over everything. No offense, but I don't think it would be a good idea to introduce him to an Internet stranger. I can relay his three best pieces of advice, though, all of which he related to me around the time I went to college. 1. Don't take a course where the professor wrote the book. If they knew any way to explain the material, they put it in the book, and won't be able to help you more than that. 2. People get excited about all sorts of things, and if you're reasonably friendly and available they will invite you to everything. That's not bad in itself, but you need to be selective about what you go to, or else you'll find that you never did the things that you needed to do, just the ones that you wanted to do. 3. There are lots of reversible mistakes, and others that are disastrous to try to recover from. Try to recognize your mistakes and back out of them before you hit the disaster point. Marriage is easily but painfully reversible until you have kids; then it's a disaster.
  • h0p3 5y ago
    I appreciate that. Thank you. I hope he starts feeling better. If it ever becomes a better idea (or even a hail mary play), you send him my way, please: https://philosopher.life/#Contact%20h0p3 https://philosopher.life/#Contact%20h0p3. He can take a look around to decide if he'd be interested.