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>First, I never cook. I am all for self reliance but repeating the same labor over and over for the sake of existence is the realm of robots. Well then he does

>First, I never cook. I am all for self reliance but repeating the same labor over and over for the sake of existence is the realm of robots. Well then he does cooking wrong, he could also try to improve himself but in the craft in itself but also add more creativity to it

mcdougle 11y ago
He's also the creator/founder of Soylent, and even if he were a good cook, he'd likely continue to live off of his creation if only to say "look, I do this!" which will probably get more people to buy his product.
- dragontamer 11y ago
  Ah, the inventor of Soylent. Makes sense now. It doesn't really speak well for Soylent when his life choices are "Lets go eat out all the damn time" however.
jbrooksuk 11y ago
I think it makes more sense when you know that Rob is the creator of Soylent.
- jhildings 11y ago
  I see, and as mentioned in others comments it's probably more marketing than anything else. But the argument "doing X is for robots" is quite flawed when X can be improved in a lot of ways
tedks 11y ago
Who the fuck wants to do that? Here are 10 things I could be doing besides slaving over a stove (the seventh might surprise you): 1. Reading hacker news 2. Reading reddit 3. Engaging with people engaging with my brand on Twitter 4. Reviewing my productized consultancy analytics 5. Reviewing my startup numbers and analytics 6. Emailing brand leaders to gauge interest in new startup ideas 7. Posting on hacker news 8. Writing blog posts about the freedom provided from abandoning things like laundry, cooking, cleaning, driving, and other mundane, bullshit tasks 9. Meditating, which I do for 15 minutes daily to center myself spiritually so that I can growth hack better. Growth hacking begins with personal growth. 10. Appreciating the beautiful life I've cultivated for myself, surrounded by dynamic people all focusing on the same beautiful goal as myself. Cooking is boring and takes way too much skill to do right. Moreover, it is objectively unfun and isn't related to startups, technology, or growth hacking in any way. Why would I waste time learning to cook when I could be learning how to write single-page web apps in Haskell with the latest framework? Do you even test your code?
- jbondeson 11y ago
  It's sad that I had to get to bullet point 9 before I could tell if this was satire...
  - tedks 11y ago
    Um, this isn't satirical. If you're not meditating, I really encourage you to take it up -- you feel really refreshed and rededicated afterwards in a way that makes development much more of a focused, mindful process and enables you to hack your metrics for more of a lean, competitive edge. It's much like static typing.
    - jmduke 11y ago
      You're either trolling or have quite rapidly changed your position on meditation from two weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9903525 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9903525 >- to meditate ....oh. I guess it's just a new age/woowoo thing. Time to move on I guess. That's really disappointing. --- Really hope you remove meditation; hokey religions have no place in the modern nudge-engineered world.
      - tedks 11y ago
        I quite rapidly change every position in my life. I don't even sit in my chair the same way for long. If I don't find a good fit right away, I immediately pivot to something that delivers more value.
        tormeh 11y ago
        This is the funniest I've read in a long while.
- cafard 11y ago
  Objectively unfun? a. I do test my code, and I do taste my cooking. b. I can't say much about growth hacking, but I haven't noticed that cooking gets in the way of appreciating life, however undynamic some of my acquaintances may be.

mcdougle 11y ago

He's also the creator/founder of Soylent, and even if he were a good cook, he'd likely continue to live off of his creation if only to say "look, I do this!" which will probably get more people to buy his product.

dragontamer 11y ago
Ah, the inventor of Soylent. Makes sense now. It doesn't really speak well for Soylent when his life choices are "Lets go eat out all the damn time" however.

jbrooksuk 11y ago

I think it makes more sense when you know that Rob is the creator of Soylent.

jhildings 11y ago
I see, and as mentioned in others comments it's probably more marketing than anything else. But the argument "doing X is for robots" is quite flawed when X can be improved in a lot of ways

tedks 11y ago

Who the fuck wants to do that? Here are 10 things I could be doing besides slaving over a stove (the seventh might surprise you): 1. Reading hacker news 2. Reading reddit 3. Engaging with people engaging with my brand on Twitter 4. Reviewing my productized consultancy analytics 5. Reviewing my startup numbers and analytics 6. Emailing brand leaders to gauge interest in new startup ideas 7. Posting on hacker news 8. Writing blog posts about the freedom provided from abandoning things like laundry, cooking, cleaning, driving, and other mundane, bullshit tasks 9. Meditating, which I do for 15 minutes daily to center myself spiritually so that I can growth hack better. Growth hacking begins with personal growth. 10. Appreciating the beautiful life I've cultivated for myself, surrounded by dynamic people all focusing on the same beautiful goal as myself. Cooking is boring and takes way too much skill to do right. Moreover, it is objectively unfun and isn't related to startups, technology, or growth hacking in any way. Why would I waste time learning to cook when I could be learning how to write single-page web apps in Haskell with the latest framework? Do you even test your code?

jbondeson 11y ago
It's sad that I had to get to bullet point 9 before I could tell if this was satire...
- tedks 11y ago
  Um, this isn't satirical. If you're not meditating, I really encourage you to take it up -- you feel really refreshed and rededicated afterwards in a way that makes development much more of a focused, mindful process and enables you to hack your metrics for more of a lean, competitive edge. It's much like static typing.
  - jmduke 11y ago
    You're either trolling or have quite rapidly changed your position on meditation from two weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9903525 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9903525 >- to meditate ....oh. I guess it's just a new age/woowoo thing. Time to move on I guess. That's really disappointing. --- Really hope you remove meditation; hokey religions have no place in the modern nudge-engineered world.
    - tedks 11y ago
      I quite rapidly change every position in my life. I don't even sit in my chair the same way for long. If I don't find a good fit right away, I immediately pivot to something that delivers more value.
      - tormeh 11y ago
        This is the funniest I've read in a long while.
cafard 11y ago
Objectively unfun? a. I do test my code, and I do taste my cooking. b. I can't say much about growth hacking, but I haven't noticed that cooking gets in the way of appreciating life, however undynamic some of my acquaintances may be.