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Fundamentally it's about meaning. People like Carmack find it meaningful to do ambitious projects and push their abilities to the limit. Some goals require more
by fasterik 3y ago
Fundamentally it's about meaning. People like Carmack find it meaningful to do ambitious projects and push their abilities to the limit. Some goals require more time investment than 40 hours per week.
Obviously not everyone finds that lifestyle appealing, and that's fine. But I don't think it's hard to understand why somebody would spend a lot of time on the thing they truly enjoy doing.
- thriftwy 3y agoI understand that, but you should probably do your ambitious thing and retire by 40 then. If it takes a whole life, delegation and modest pace are paramount.
- fasterik 3y agoCarmack recently started a new company at age 52 with the goal of creating artificial general intelligence. Whether or not that is a realistic goal, I don't think a modest pace is going to maximize his probability of success.
- thriftwy 3y agoHe's not the only one human being on the planet Earth, there's eight billions of us. Somebody else will do it a few months later if he goes to rest and enjoys small things.
- fasterik 3y agoYou're talking like there is some objectively best way to live life. My point is that meaning is subjective. Maybe for Carmack, resting and "enjoying the small things" would make him less happy than working on projects. Why does your perspective take precedence over everyone else's?
- thriftwy 3y agoThis is all fun and games until you burn out. Even ancient Greeks already knew that modesty is the way to go.
- fasterik 3y ago>This is all fun and games until you burn out Sure. Training for a marathon puts you at risk of injury. That doesn't mean that everyone who runs a marathon has an injury, or that everyone with ambitious running goals should go relax on the beach instead. Ultimately, there is no objective standpoint from which to say that people should choose different goals, because goals are based on personal subjective values. >Even ancient Greeks already knew that modesty is the way to go. Perfect example of the appeal to tradition fallacy.
- thriftwy 3y agoPeople do not run marathons every day, not even do that their whole life.
- wkat4242 3y agoI'd rather see him do it than someone who doesn't care about ethics and just wants to make money fast.