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> Spend your time how you want. Time is never wasted. What about time spent on social media like hacker news that I subjectively feel was wasted? Usually than
by Swizec 4y ago
> Spend your time how you want. Time is never wasted.
What about time spent on social media like hacker news that I subjectively feel was wasted?
Usually thanks to a combination of being tired and feeling like I can’t muster anything else. But literally staring at a blank wall for 5 minutes would be more restful (some call that meditation)
It is very easy these days to be always busy without making progress towards anything other than keeping busy. And just like junk food, it rarely feels like the best choice in retrospect. Very easy to make in the moment without even enjoying it all that much while it’s happening
- soco 4y agoWhy do you feel like you have to progress towards something? You enjoy time on HN yet comes this guilt telling you it was wasted - because a certain school of thought regards anything not "progressing" as waste. Some say that started with capitalism, others say it started from the protestants, but you're definitely not the first or only one living with this guilt of "wasting". Because any pleasure is waste, according to that school of thought.
- waynesonfire 4y agothat sounds all good but your analysis is incomplete unless you address this little idea called addiction.
- wollsmoth 4y agoI feel like time on hn is actually less wasted than time on other social media platforms. TikTok being the big one. Time flies and suddenly it's late and there are a dozen 10s song clips stuck in my head. oof.
- Swizec 4y ago> You enjoy time on HN That’s what I was trying to convey. I don’t enjoy time on HN as much as I would enjoy other activities that happen to have a slightly higher activation energy. For example: I would almost certainly enjoy grabbing dinner with a friend more than I enjoy HN. But opening HN is waaaaay easier than calling up a friend. So that’s what happens instead.