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People who eventually end up doing something meaningful, because they're not afraid to try.
by alex_c 18y ago
People who eventually end up doing something meaningful, because they're not afraid to try.
- timr 18y ago"Afraid" is not even close to the right word for this context. When I consider something like this, I don't think: "Oh, that's scary and/or challenging!" Instead, I think: "given all other possible uses of my time, is this one the best use possible?" Usually, the answer is no. For me, if there's any "meaning" in this project, it's in divining why someone would choose to begin (or participate in) this in the first place.
- alex_c 18y agoIf the question is "given all other possible uses of my time, is this one the best use possible?", then the answer will be "no" for almost any given value of "this". A likely result is doing nothing while one waits for the "perfect" thing to do - it might not apply as much to people on news.yc, but this does describe many people I know. If the question is "given all the ideas I have right now, and considering the effort to implement each, should I work on this?", the answer might be different.
- SCVirus 18y agoIn fact, it is impossible to determine the best possible use of your time without determining, without doubt, the meaning of life.
- run4yourlives 18y agoDid you ask yourself that before posting that comment? People have different interpretations of what they consider meaningful.
- timr 18y agoActually, I did ask myself that question (clearly, I'm not always listening to my own answers). Re-reading what I wrote, it sounds harsher than I had intended. Here's what I was trying to get at: for me, most of the meaning in projects like this (IMO) lies in the interpretation of why the artist chose to do it at all. My own limit is not typically fear, but indecisiveness.