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The 800k Hours Career Guide
- sandspar 1y agoHigh fantasy novels often deal with long-lived people: immortal elves. Fantasy authors have come up with different ways for elves to occupy their time. Off the top of my head: - master crafts (e.g. build guitars for 100 years) - reminisce (sink so deep into memory that you lose track of passing days) - count seasons instead of days or weeks ("I'll see you 4 summers from now" instead of "I'll see you tomorrow")
- black_13 1y ago[dead]
- MonkeyClub 1y agoThis is actually a joke -- right? From TFA (emphases mine): > This guide presents our evidence-based recommendations for maximizing your impact over a 1000-year career.
- jdlshore 1y agoYes. It’s categorized under “fiction,” and gets increasingly ridiculous/funny (tastes vary) as you go along.
- MonkeyClub 1y agoYep, my comment was a PSA of sorts, since it seemed some took it for marketing drivel instead of fiction.
- throwawayoldie 1y agoThe tipoff is how at the very start they casually talk about the "Methuselah Treatment" in a tone that suggests that it's such a well-known thing that they don't need to explain the first thing about what it is. After all, if it turned out there was a reliable treatment that extended human lifespan to 1000 years, it would be the biggest news since...well, ever. Or maybe second to "SINGULARITY EXPLODES IN 'BIG BANG': MATTER, ENERGY NOW EXIST".