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a good thing to remember is that almost everyone out there and here on HN is a egotist first and a hacker (worker, etc) second
by rustartup 18y ago
a good thing to remember is that almost everyone out there and here on HN is a egotist first and a hacker (worker, etc) second
- rustartup 18y agodownvote it but you cannot change the truth
- ovi256 18y agoI would really like to know, if you would not mind explaining, how are we all egotists. I believe myself that HN tends to attract better-than-average, educated, ambitious people. Egotism goes a bit with that. But to all being like that.
- rustartup 18y agoWhat you have just said is exactly egotism. From wikipedia: "Egotism is the motivation to maintain and enhance favorable views of self." and also: "Various forms of "empirical egoism" can be consistent with egotism, as long as the value of one's own self-benefit is entirely individual." It just comes out in the difficult situations like doing a startup (in a war, etc). That particular thread shows how people fight to remain egotists. Seems like me alone do not care about favorable view of myself (think karma)
- unalone 18y agoI upvoted your initial statement and this one, but not the one in between. We're not downvoting you to "hide the truth", we're downvoting you because your statement wasn't making an interesting argument. Now you've started to argue what you mean, but you're still not being particularly informative about it.
- chiffonade 18y agoThis is true, and I think the article mentions that explicitly and implicitly. However, that's not the point it's trying to make. The point it's trying to make can be summarized in one sentence: When starting companies with fellow egotists, do not be passive-aggressive, and do not choose passive-aggressive partners.