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If you are spending all your time "sharpening your saw" and no time "cutting wood" ... you are probable over the line.
by Ensorceled 4y ago
If you are spending all your time "sharpening your saw" and no time "cutting wood" ... you are probable over the line.
- the__alchemist 4y agoLove that comparison. It also makes the distinction that this is a matter of degree; not kind.
- satisfice 4y agoWhy? Maybe I appreciate beautifully sharp knives. There is no line. Simply live an examined life. If you want to change something, change it. If not, that’s okay. This post by the OP is his own musing. It has little bearing on the rest of us, and personally I just think his analysis is wrong.
- Ensorceled 4y agoI completely and totally disagree with you! Wait, what are a we all feeling strongly about? Ah, a quip on hacker news.
- satisfice 4y agoI added something to the conversation. I made an actual point. If your point is that disagreement for its own sake is wasteful, I agree. But that has nothing to do with me.
- californical 4y agoThis is an excellent analogy! If you want to cut wood more effectively and so you watch a few videos about technique, then you try it for a while, watch a few more, improve, find a tool that’ll help, try it and see if it helps — you’re doing it right! If you go buy a bunch of tools and learn techniques of all of the professional woodcutters, before you’ve even gotten any wood, then you’re probably doing it wrong.