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'I Am So Tired': YouTuber Tom Scott Ends Things You Might Not Know

23 points by philk10 3y ago

robaato 3y ago
Nice link from: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Jan/2/escalating-streaks/ https://simonwillison.net/2024/Jan/2/escalating-streaks/
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
  Not much discussion but still here from a couple days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38847086 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38847086 Tom Scott, and the formidable power of escalating streaks
pvg 3y ago
Discussed a few days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38832959 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38832959
ksec 3y ago
Just a note to myself. I have been thinking about burn out a lot and why do we get burn out. More often than not the discussions is always we have been working way too hard. And on the surface that seems to be the case. However I dont recall my parents or grand parents getting burn out on anything. And I have my life 10 - 100x better compared to what they suffered, world war, famine etc. They just keep working. Modern Day Chef could keep doing their job in Hot Kitchen for decades. Farmers, Fireman, Policeman, dont have it easy either. Or any Blue Collar jobs. It then occurs to me burn out is happening much more often with people on solving difficult problems and creative thinking. That doesn't mean other jobs dont have problems to solve. But they are on a different spectrum.
- henry2023 3y ago
  From my personal experience. Burn out happens when you know deep in your core that what you do doesn’t really matter. People can do 12 hour shifts of intense problem solving and just be fine if they believe in their cause.
  - toomuchtodo 3y ago
    Similarly from personal experience, you can burn out if the work is meaningful but you exceed your physical limits and you feel expectations are accelerating away from you. You can get worn down over time even if the work feels like it matters.
  - voisin 3y ago
    I became severely burnt out doing a job that had a lot of meaning, both to me and the people around me and the greater local community. The burn out came from the constant struggle / conflict in achieving the objectives. My point being, I think burn out can come from a number of different sources.
    - henry2023 3y ago
      I couldn’t agree more and I hope you find yourself in a better spot now. I personally met nurses who burned out during Covid and it’s clear that what they do matters. My point is more against the hypothesis of burn out being caused by cognitive demanding tasks.
- Trasmatta 3y ago
  Counterpoint: my parents definitely burnt out in major ways, but they had no choice but to keep working. My dad worked in construction and my mom was a stay at home mom with 5 kids. I think previous generations absolutely experienced burnout in levels equivalent to what we see now, but it just wasn't always called that, or acceptable to admit.
- huytersd 3y ago
  Some might take offense at this but blue collar work is for the most part mindless work. If you have grit, it’s relatively easy to get through. Sure your body will give out but it’s easy on the mind.
- ehnto 3y ago
  Burnout is more of a mental phenomenon than a physical one, perhaps it stands to reason that with thought work you burn out mentally much quicker. I think in general humans have a much lower capacity for thought output than they do physical output. With exceptions of course. Another issue I believe is that there is no shameless lulls in thought work, at least for me personally it is 100% all day. Whereas in all the physical jobs I've done you have to wait for things to happen, people to do things, stuff to get unloaded etc. Not true of all physical jobs of course. But there can be a lot of idle time that you don't feel guilty for.
- aantix 3y ago
  I don’t know if revealing one’s inner experience is part of their culture. In the 1800s as many as 90% of the people were farmers. And they only could feed 3-5 people on a single farmers output. Horribly inefficient. No wonder large families were so common. They were needed. The stakes were much higher. You don’t have the luxury of finding yourself or becoming the towns artist or studying Shakespeare. You could be the smartest person in the community but doesn’t matter. You’re on a farm. Prepare or perish.
- deleted 3y ago
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- 000ooo000 3y ago
  The linked section of this article illustrates burnout in the most believable way, IMHO. https://commoncog.com/g/burnout/#the-development-of-work-burnout https://commoncog.com/g/burnout/#the-development-of-work-bur...
raister 3y ago
He surely has a point stating that creators will compete with AI generated content in the years to come. Virtual stars are already plaguing the platform and companies are seeing those as costing less to produce content (and they don't have to handle PR campaigns whenever the 'physical' stars do something controversial). Well, welcome to the future, I guess.
ChumpGPT 3y ago
Good for him, I'm sure he has enough cash to coast. Was recently listening to Mr.Beast talk about his success and how he is happiest when he is locked in his warehouse. He can't go anywhere without being swarmed. You can tell the guy is at the point where it's becoming overwhelming with 227 million subs and more views on his videos than the Super Bowls gets. He had to turn to marketing his own products to make enough to keep going since sponsors couldn't pay enough to cover his costs and he was sometimes losing 1 million $$ on some of his videos.
bovem 3y ago
Watched this parody recently: https://youtu.be/2uXS20iWve4?si=Xwd0pQTwnz14846j https://youtu.be/2uXS20iWve4?si=Xwd0pQTwnz14846j

23 points by philk10 3y ago

Nice link from: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Jan/2/escalating-streaks/ https://simonwillison.net/2024/Jan/2/escalating-streaks/

lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
Not much discussion but still here from a couple days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38847086 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38847086 Tom Scott, and the formidable power of escalating streaks

pvg 3y ago

Discussed a few days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38832959 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38832959

ksec 3y ago

Just a note to myself. I have been thinking about burn out a lot and why do we get burn out. More often than not the discussions is always we have been working way too hard. And on the surface that seems to be the case. However I dont recall my parents or grand parents getting burn out on anything. And I have my life 10 - 100x better compared to what they suffered, world war, famine etc. They just keep working. Modern Day Chef could keep doing their job in Hot Kitchen for decades. Farmers, Fireman, Policeman, dont have it easy either. Or any Blue Collar jobs. It then occurs to me burn out is happening much more often with people on solving difficult problems and creative thinking. That doesn't mean other jobs dont have problems to solve. But they are on a different spectrum.

henry2023 3y ago
From my personal experience. Burn out happens when you know deep in your core that what you do doesn’t really matter. People can do 12 hour shifts of intense problem solving and just be fine if they believe in their cause.
- toomuchtodo 3y ago
  Similarly from personal experience, you can burn out if the work is meaningful but you exceed your physical limits and you feel expectations are accelerating away from you. You can get worn down over time even if the work feels like it matters.
- voisin 3y ago
  I became severely burnt out doing a job that had a lot of meaning, both to me and the people around me and the greater local community. The burn out came from the constant struggle / conflict in achieving the objectives. My point being, I think burn out can come from a number of different sources.
  - henry2023 3y ago
    I couldn’t agree more and I hope you find yourself in a better spot now. I personally met nurses who burned out during Covid and it’s clear that what they do matters. My point is more against the hypothesis of burn out being caused by cognitive demanding tasks.
Trasmatta 3y ago
Counterpoint: my parents definitely burnt out in major ways, but they had no choice but to keep working. My dad worked in construction and my mom was a stay at home mom with 5 kids. I think previous generations absolutely experienced burnout in levels equivalent to what we see now, but it just wasn't always called that, or acceptable to admit.
huytersd 3y ago
Some might take offense at this but blue collar work is for the most part mindless work. If you have grit, it’s relatively easy to get through. Sure your body will give out but it’s easy on the mind.
ehnto 3y ago
Burnout is more of a mental phenomenon than a physical one, perhaps it stands to reason that with thought work you burn out mentally much quicker. I think in general humans have a much lower capacity for thought output than they do physical output. With exceptions of course. Another issue I believe is that there is no shameless lulls in thought work, at least for me personally it is 100% all day. Whereas in all the physical jobs I've done you have to wait for things to happen, people to do things, stuff to get unloaded etc. Not true of all physical jobs of course. But there can be a lot of idle time that you don't feel guilty for.
aantix 3y ago
I don’t know if revealing one’s inner experience is part of their culture. In the 1800s as many as 90% of the people were farmers. And they only could feed 3-5 people on a single farmers output. Horribly inefficient. No wonder large families were so common. They were needed. The stakes were much higher. You don’t have the luxury of finding yourself or becoming the towns artist or studying Shakespeare. You could be the smartest person in the community but doesn’t matter. You’re on a farm. Prepare or perish.
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000ooo000 3y ago
The linked section of this article illustrates burnout in the most believable way, IMHO. https://commoncog.com/g/burnout/#the-development-of-work-burnout https://commoncog.com/g/burnout/#the-development-of-work-bur...

raister 3y ago

He surely has a point stating that creators will compete with AI generated content in the years to come. Virtual stars are already plaguing the platform and companies are seeing those as costing less to produce content (and they don't have to handle PR campaigns whenever the 'physical' stars do something controversial). Well, welcome to the future, I guess.

ChumpGPT 3y ago

Good for him, I'm sure he has enough cash to coast. Was recently listening to Mr.Beast talk about his success and how he is happiest when he is locked in his warehouse. He can't go anywhere without being swarmed. You can tell the guy is at the point where it's becoming overwhelming with 227 million subs and more views on his videos than the Super Bowls gets. He had to turn to marketing his own products to make enough to keep going since sponsors couldn't pay enough to cover his costs and he was sometimes losing 1 million $$ on some of his videos.

bovem 3y ago

Watched this parody recently: https://youtu.be/2uXS20iWve4?si=Xwd0pQTwnz14846j https://youtu.be/2uXS20iWve4?si=Xwd0pQTwnz14846j