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I find it invigorating in a way - there's a constant stream of fresh new seconds coming your way, moments you've never before seen in your life and so could hol
by sundarurfriend 4y ago
I find it invigorating in a way - there's a constant stream of fresh new seconds coming your way, moments you've never before seen in your life and so could hold anything in them.
But I can understand the anxiety a lot of people seem to be feeling at this: I had (and have) a similar response to WaitButWhy's [Your Life in Weeks](https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/life-weeks.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/life-weeks.html) post.
- tyre 4y agoOne of the cooler articles I read on HN was about how Mandarin speakers consider the past spatially in front of them and the future spatially behind them. This is the opposite of English, which tends to consider the past as "behind us". The English way is based on movement: we are moving forward into the future and our past is what we are leaving behind. The Mandarin way is about knowledge: we can see the past (hence it is in front of our eyes) while we cannot know the future (as it is behind us.) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cogs.12804 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cogs.12804
- neilv 4y agoEven if, linguistically, Mandarin doesn't speak of looking forward towards the future, China is known for strategically investing and planning for payoffs multiple decades/generations into the future. Language does affect thought, but apparently, in this case, speaking of not being able to see the future apparently doesn't preclude actively shaping it.
- q1w2 4y agoThis has more to do with having an constant leadership that want to stay in power indefinitely.