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by helicalmix 3y ago
Why assume a pithy tweet is the only mechanism they’re using?
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by helicalmix 3y ago
Oh, this is an interesting point that I think I agree with on some level. Are you saying superachievers can’t teach others to be superachievers, or are you saying that superachievers can’t teach non achievers to be achievers
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by helicalmix 3y ago
Why
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by helicalmix 3y ago
Can you give me an example of a very ambitious goal that doesn’t fall under the western definition you posted, and yet, can not benefit from the article?
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by helicalmix 3y ago
? The article says “very” ambitious. So there’s no contradiction here
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by helicalmix 3y ago
I get what you’re saying, and I agree that there’s a survival bias for all winners. But the pendulum swings too far if you believe you can’t learn anything at all from winners. Can you say that, for all winners of any field, there’s no corr
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by helicalmix 3y ago
I’m also amazed how people will take a self-improvement article like this, and take it so personally. Like yes, pg was lucky to have a lot of things work out for them, but that doesn’t mean his advice here (which encompasses more than just
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by helicalmix 3y ago
There’s literally a note that says the text assumes you’re very ambitious. If you have no desire to work towards some definition of “greatness”, I assume that you’re not ambitious, and the text doesn’t apply to you. Which is ok! You don’t n
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by helicalmix 3y ago
I mean, I agree it's a pretty awful way of reaching the truth or mass consensus, but in terms of gauging how much interest a certain subject has in absolute terms, I think it's a good gauge. What I'm trying to get at is that
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by helicalmix 3y ago
> A reasonable question, and one not terribly often asked, is "What is the point of the economy, growth, etc?" This is asked all the time. Google "economy growth reddit" and you'll see a bunch of posts questionin
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by helicalmix 4y ago
How exactly does having a blog post about the author’s own mistakes affect the validity of his criticisms against Google?
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by helicalmix 4y ago
Lol, it’s hilarious how decent programmers can very feasibly make 300k+ a year, but somehow, a course that’s selling point is to make you more decent is too expensive at $30 a month. That’s literally skipping a single night of eating out. I