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I feel like implicit in this framing is the idea that one's sense of value is linked to where one measures up in some arbitrary task. Should I feel worse about
by norir 3y ago
I feel like implicit in this framing is the idea that one's sense of value is linked to where one measures up in some arbitrary task. Should I feel worse about myself if I'm only in the 95th percentile for some activity I enjoy rather than the 99th? Most things worth doing are more enjoyable the more skilled you are at them, but of course our lives are finite and we have to make choices that might limit our development of any skill. But the more I am worried about where I measure up, the less I am enjoying the thing for what it is. As the saying goes, comparison is the thief of joy.
- strstr 3y agoThe framing is a lot narrower, and pretty clear if you’ve ever played overwatch. In that context a lot of people claim they want to get better, but don’t even grab for the lowest hanging fruit.
- yixu34 3y ago> but of course our lives are finite and we have to make choices that might limit our development of any skill. This is a key point in Four Thousand Weeks (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/54785515 https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/54785515). For our hobbies, it'd be totally fine (and even preferable) to not worry about percentiles at all.