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In the past I've lambasted some of these collections of wisdom. There is a certain point in a man's life where he feels he wants to write down a collection of h
by zoogeny 3y ago
In the past I've lambasted some of these collections of wisdom. There is a certain point in a man's life where he feels he wants to write down a collection of hard-learned thoughts and experiences. These often appear on HN. Most often they are pretentious.
For whatever reason, I liked this one. I can't say it is a better collection than others that I have pretty harshly criticized. I can't say it is better written. I can't say I agree with more or less in this list. I just liked this one.
- samcat116 3y agoMerlin is probably one of the least pretentious people I’ve come across online.
- noirbot 3y agoI'm biased some by having listened to him talk on a lot of these thoughts over the years, but in general, I find his "wisdom" so easy to digest mostly because it feels like it comes from a place of earnest humility. There's little implicit boasting or success in it. It's often practical to a fault.
- parentheses 3y agowould love to see some of the others and your associated comments
- thecosas 3y agoFor me, a big part of why I like this are the pre-ambles to the "wisdom" especially the bullets under "Brief introductory remarks regarding the Project:"