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I agree it's most banal nonsense and none of these are backed up with an explanation which is actually the interesting part. You learn as a person when you und

I agree it's most banal nonsense and none of these are backed up with an explanation which is actually the interesting part. You learn as a person when you understand why you should do something not just blindly following a list of advice.

tener 4y ago
Do you require a full-blown argument for every piece of advice or information you ever hear? You are supposed to weigh it yourself and see if you find it applicable to your situation or not. I think this list is great exactly for this reason: it gives you material to meditate on. I don't want any arguments for or against it, figuring those out is part of forming an opinion about it.
- Dave3of5 4y ago
  > Do you require a full-blown argument for every piece of advice or information you ever hear? There's a lot of misinformation and opinions stated as facts on the internet. So yes for opinions / advice given online I tend to require an explanation. This list has some questionable advice an example: "Dont purchase extra insurance if you are renting a car with a credit card" This is false in the UK. Over here that's wrong advice to think you CC provider gives insurance. If that's in the US then it's not always true as well and even then comes with caveat's. I think in general that's true about almost everything on this list.
wildmanx 4y ago
> You learn as a person when you understand why you should do something not just blindly following a list of advice. So you are trying to drive that point home by adding to that list with this statement? I read this list more as some inspiration -- most of the points were mostly "meh, sure" and won't stick, but there were a few food-for-thought points in there that I'll likely remember here and there. If that's similar for most people reading the list, it's quite a success. (Doesn't have to be the same few points for everybody!)

tener 4y ago

Do you require a full-blown argument for every piece of advice or information you ever hear? You are supposed to weigh it yourself and see if you find it applicable to your situation or not. I think this list is great exactly for this reason: it gives you material to meditate on. I don't want any arguments for or against it, figuring those out is part of forming an opinion about it.

Dave3of5 4y ago
> Do you require a full-blown argument for every piece of advice or information you ever hear? There's a lot of misinformation and opinions stated as facts on the internet. So yes for opinions / advice given online I tend to require an explanation. This list has some questionable advice an example: "Dont purchase extra insurance if you are renting a car with a credit card" This is false in the UK. Over here that's wrong advice to think you CC provider gives insurance. If that's in the US then it's not always true as well and even then comes with caveat's. I think in general that's true about almost everything on this list.

wildmanx 4y ago

> You learn as a person when you understand why you should do something not just blindly following a list of advice. So you are trying to drive that point home by adding to that list with this statement? I read this list more as some inspiration -- most of the points were mostly "meh, sure" and won't stick, but there were a few food-for-thought points in there that I'll likely remember here and there. If that's similar for most people reading the list, it's quite a success. (Doesn't have to be the same few points for everybody!)