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I love reading posts like this. Something about hearing the non-PC version of ideas make me smile inside. Same was with the Kindergarchy article (http://www.wee
by yan 18y ago
I love reading posts like this. Something about hearing the non-PC version of ideas make me smile inside. Same was with the Kindergarchy article (http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/161yutrk.asp http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/00...). Same with people who argue that those that are successful aren't just successful because they're solely "lucky", but actually put in the hard work. Ditto for Elizer's post on Overcoming Bias that claimed that the successful actually are more talented, gifted and intelligent than "average" people. Even if its distorted more towards pessimism than the usual "feel-good" posts on success, I would still believe it more.
I just don't understand why there is almost no pessimism in main-stream media. I guess it doesn't scale.
- m0nty 18y ago> I just don't understand why there is almost no pessimism in main-stream media. Read any articles about the economy recently? Plenty of pessimism. Now, if you're talking about cynicism - I love cynicism, at least when it's done well. Most people think being cynical means being petty-minded and always running down other people's motives and achievements. Far from it: a good cynic is someone who genuinely loves genuine achievement, but is prepared to articulately, pugnaciously and mercilessly draw attention to those who fall short. Good cynics are basically weary optimists.
- astine 18y ago"I'm not a cynic, I just have high standards."
- electromagnetic 18y agoI believe one of the main things that encouraged me into writing was because of people saying, "writing is hard work." It's mostly hard work because there's a 100 distractions to take you over and, I imagine coding is the same, it takes a lot of commitment to focus on working when it's quite simple to just do nothing.