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After THAT story, you're going to comment on the monetary value of a profession! I wish you had not added your own words following the quote!
by jpwagner 14y ago
After THAT story, you're going to comment on the monetary value of a profession! I wish you had not added your own words following the quote!
- gnosis 14y agoI know nothing I could say is worthy of following Chuang Tzu. But in this instance, it would have been a mistake to leave the quote to stand on its own.
- shin_lao 14y agoQuite the contrary. By not doing you are closer to perfection than by doing.
- lostlogin 14y agoThis is where seeing points would be great - seeing what everyone else things. Both are correct in my view, but I want to know what others think.
- shin_lao 14y agoI disagree - again :p - I'm very happy to be freed from the influence of others when reading a comment. Listening to different opinion isn't a poll, isn't it?
- lostlogin 14y agoBut the HN moral compass tends to be so strong! I have no aversion to running against the grain (and am perversely attracted to it), but like to know the lay of the land before I make a choice on something. I like that the no show policy on points prevents some of my previous behaviour (like staring at a comment which had lots of points, trying hard to work out what the hell was wrong with the voters).
- Cushman 14y agoThe idea that, since a master craftsman finds essential value in their art, it's okay on a moral level for them not to be rewarded in the form of food and shelter is rather insipid.
- jpwagner 14y agosince a master craftsman finds essential value in their art, it's okay on a moral level for them not to be rewarded in the form of food and shelter it cannot be true that this is what you think the story is about
- Cushman 14y agoCorrect, that is not what I think the story is about. That is what I think your comment is about. Am I wrong?