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> Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something. [0] We all experience life differently
by haswell 3y ago
> Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something. [0]
We all experience life differently, come from varied backgrounds, start our careers with varying levels of life skills, carry defaults passed on from our parents (for good or bad), etc.
What seems cliche to you may be revolutionary to someone else. I would have benefited from a list like this earlier in my career.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- thefz 3y agoThese points go from extremely mundane and generic to downright wrong.
- ednevsky 3y agoWould love to read on what you think is wrong and why. Happy to contemplate on your worldview :)
- haswell 3y agoThe post is already flagged, but the general point here is: then directly challenge what’s wrong. And it’s helpful if you look at this through the lens of “Things I’ve learned”, emphasis on the author’s journey. To claim that what others have learned about how they live their own lives is downright wrong…strikes me as a rather limited way of thinking about the spectrum of situations we all find ourselves in. If the author was claiming that all readers should alter their lives according to his own discoveries, I’d have more issues with it.
- ednevsky 3y agoThank you for putting all of this out, I couldn't have said it better.