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The jobs kept coming, stuff kept getting done, I enjoyed myself, I'm proud of most of the code I wrote Please excuse me for being an idiot, but I don't see the
by sliverstorm 13y ago
The jobs kept coming, stuff kept getting done, I enjoyed myself, I'm proud of most of the code I wrote
Please excuse me for being an idiot, but I don't see the problem.
- ionforce 13y agoIt's a perception problem. Just because something is locally good doesn't mean there isn't a more optimal good elsewhere.
- smacktoward 13y agoBut thinking like that creates what I'll call the Walter Mitty Problem: making a great living, enjoying a loving family, great health, etc., but being unable to take satisfaction from any of that because you're too busy dreaming of being a larger-than-life figure. The better your circumstances get, the more dreaming of even better ones becomes a game of diminishing returns. (For those of you who only know Walter Mitty from the Ben Stiller movie, here's the original short story: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1939/03/18/390318fi_fiction_thurber?currentPage=all http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1939/03/18/390318fi_fiction...)
- untog 13y agoShort term-ism vs. Long term-ism.
- ttflee 13y ago'But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.'