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I saved 15 minutes by not reading this blog post :)



You should have not read it more slowly and saved yourself an hour.


I did not read it so slowly I now have 6 extra hours! Thanks, guy!


Why do you come into threads and make comments like this? Genuinely curious. Do you have something against the author or..?


Because some people are of the opinion that there is entirely too much of this fluff on HN, myself included.


Some day I'm going to go into a pub, strike up a conversation with a stranger, and when they inevitably ask me what I do, I'll say, "Why, thank you for asking! I write about optimising our lives for happiness, integrity, and success."

And then I'll hope that they murder me.


Is there anything wrong in principle with writing about optimising our lives for happiness, integrity, and success?


Just that the posts are seldom insightful or helpful in any meaningful way. And, they are frequently ultra-redundant.

I mean, truly, who here (or on the planet) hasn't thought it would be ideal to earn a living by pursuing a passion?

And, how many forms of this exact article have we seen?


That's fair.


So, author in question is still in school (as I recall from his old about page). Moreover, this is the second time an article from this guy has shown up on HN.

It's a fluff piece, it's reiterating cliched refrains, it provides no analysis, and honestly the writing isn't compelling enough on its own to be here.


Me too. Somehow today HN reads really a bit self-help'y...




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