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You're not pretending to be working towards a better life, you're giving it a try. We're born clueless about what's the best investment in the limited amount of

You're not pretending to be working towards a better life, you're giving it a try. We're born clueless about what's the best investment in the limited amount of seconds we're blessed to have. Calling experimentation on what life has to offer a "waste of time" means you found no enjoyment in learning this specific subject, nor in the doors it unlocks for you (you could be having an apero on the French Riviera, enjoying great wine and compliments from locals for having invested energies into learning their language; or a well paid job in Geneva; or reading the Count of Montecristo in its original format). While I understand your concern about time economization, I think there's and implied slack in how you test what's best for you. As long as you're actively invested in spending your time, and not just let it vanish one second at a time, I believe any activity is worthy of experimentation. Otherwise what's the point of not killing oneself - will you fight? Or will you perish like a dog?

throwaway55421 5y ago
> As long as you're actively invested in spending your time, and not just let it vanish one second at a time, I believe any activity is worthy of experimentation. This is a great sentiment and one that lines up well with my philosophy in life, thank you for summarising it so concisely!
presentation 5y ago
Beautiful sentiment that I agree with - I greatly enjoyed my Spanish class, got decent enough at it to have good experiences traveling in Spanish speaking countries, and ended up much more open to living abroad (which I’m doing now) and have language learning as one of my main hobbies. Was it useful for business or academically? Not particularly, but still very worth my while, and others have different experiences that resonated with them too. That all said, instruction quality is a big differentiator; I agree that most classes taught at schools are pretty miserably bad, so from that perspective, point taken.

throwaway55421 5y ago

> As long as you're actively invested in spending your time, and not just let it vanish one second at a time, I believe any activity is worthy of experimentation. This is a great sentiment and one that lines up well with my philosophy in life, thank you for summarising it so concisely!

presentation 5y ago

Beautiful sentiment that I agree with - I greatly enjoyed my Spanish class, got decent enough at it to have good experiences traveling in Spanish speaking countries, and ended up much more open to living abroad (which I’m doing now) and have language learning as one of my main hobbies. Was it useful for business or academically? Not particularly, but still very worth my while, and others have different experiences that resonated with them too. That all said, instruction quality is a big differentiator; I agree that most classes taught at schools are pretty miserably bad, so from that perspective, point taken.