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by dawg- 6y ago
> at least we have books :) Agree! I admittedly put on my "critic hat" writing that post so maybe it came off a bit contrarian. But you're absolutely right. If it's a choice between dealing with some shallowness, or
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by dawg- 6y ago
Yeah that's a great thought - a combination of curiosity and persistence. For me, the curiosity is the easy part. The thought of "Oh I should go learn more about that, might be something interesting there" comes along often e
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by dawg- 6y ago
I don't see Bill Gates attributing reading to his success at all. This is just a blog post saying he likes to read when he's bored around the house?
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by dawg- 6y ago
There is definitely a ton of value to be had from learning on the internet. Watching a 2 hour 92nd street Y debate on Youtube can be just as enlightening as reading a great book. But I still think books have a certain staying power due to t
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by dawg- 6y ago
Yup, that's who I had in mind. He is a sort of patron saint of this cultural trend, I think
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by dawg- 6y ago
Do "successful" people in fact read more? It might be true, it certainly sounds good. But I don't know if we can so easily make that assumption. I recall a section of "The Millionaire Next Door" where most of the
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by dawg- 6y ago
> Books let you live a version of the lives of other more intelligent people from almost any point in history. How can pottery and kayaking do that? I do agree with your statement about books, because I personally love reading. Henry Dav
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by dawg- 6y ago
I have noticed an interesting trend in our discourse about reading lately - there seems to be more and more moralizing and virtue signaling. So much self-help and "motivation porn" focuses on reading books, as if it's a magic
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by dawg- 6y ago
I don't think that's the reason medical school is exclusive. It's expensive and time-consuming to train good doctors. If you are sick, would you rather have your doctor be the one who who graduated from a class of 25, or the
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by dawg- 6y ago
You could make an account on ResearchGate and follow the authors of the paper if they're on there, see what they come up with next!
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by dawg- 6y ago
The answer, I guess, is to participate in those city councils and HOA's, organize coalitions of similar-minded people, and push for changes.
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by dawg- 6y ago
It's not such a black and white issue. Maybe mass tourism as it currently exists is bad, but not all tourism is necessarily bad. The problem is when the meme of "tourism benefits local communities" is repeated uncritically wi
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by dawg- 6y ago
Suburbs are such a thorny problem. They are so inefficient and often badly designed. But they are there now. They are affordable and lots of people like living in them. It's going to take a lot of work in the coming decades to figure o
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Ask HN: Non-technical people – what brings you to HN?
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by dawg- 6y ago
Funny, as a lifelong Android user I switched to an iPhone in 2020. Feels weird to be so directly part of a statistic like this I guess.
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by dawg- 6y ago
I'm not that person but a 20 minute walk clears up my mind every single time.
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by dawg- 6y ago
If you want some more good 80's-90's silicon valley stories, Jaron Lanier includes a lot of tangents like that in his books.
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by dawg- 6y ago
Oh man that's cool. I've never read the Decameron - can you suggest a good English translation?
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by dawg- 6y ago
On DEI - the purpose is exactly that. You want to see how well someone can navigate the landmines. Any thoughtful person probably: 1. Agrees in principle that DEI is important, and that cultural, racial, ethnic, linguistic, economic diversi
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by dawg- 6y ago
Also, if you think this type of user is going extinct as the new generation who grew up with computers will intuitively understand how to use the basic features of common software.....wait until you see a 24 year old with a bachelors degree
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by dawg- 6y ago
I think Facebook could get a lot of users back by giving up even a tiny bit of control over the feed. Maybe some people want the algorithmic garbage feed, that's fine if it works for them. But just adding an option to see my friends&#x
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by dawg- 6y ago
You spoke against the hive mind and you're being sarcastically reprimanded for it
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by dawg- 6y ago
I think the apparent scale of the abuse by John Deere is what puts it in a different class for many people. It's the same shitty philosophy, but companies like Apple and Toyota are tolerable to most people because it's relatively
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by dawg- 6y ago
The big point here is that Apple users choose the walled garden for themselves. Many people buy apple products specifically because of it. Of course apple holds a “monopoly” over their own users, exactly the same as how Walmart and Target h
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by dawg- 6y ago
Amazing book and you totally nailed the reason why it's my all-time favorite. It's a monster story where the book itself is the monster. Instead of seeing the monster through the words of the characters, the reader holds it in the
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by dawg- 6y ago
A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe. It's short, it's gripping, it's devastating. Oe won a nobel prize for it, so you can't go wrong there.
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by dawg- 6y ago
Doesn't it seem like a waste of time to read about how to read? Don't we learn how to read in school? Maybe people who read about how to read, and those who write about how to read, can think of nothing else interesting to read (o
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by dawg- 6y ago
Some subjects work better than others. Many STEM topics that are of interest to most HNers are probably among the best things you can learn online. I'm currently a grad student in Communication Sciences and Disorders. My field involves
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by dawg- 6y ago
One thing that's clear is that these algorithms are here to stay forever. What's not clear yet is what we should do to cope with it. Culture emerges to help people deal with problems - so what cultural factors will emerge to prote
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by dawg- 6y ago
It's very easy and very free to oppose human trafficking in porn by not visiting the websites. Not to mention the personal gains from squashing the habit of seeing human bodies as objects to use for one's personal pleasure. It&#x2

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