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Yeah, I know. Meanwhile, there's now an industry built on telling children their dreams really can come true if they accrue enough ycombinator karma. Way to har
by joshstrike 16y ago
Yeah, I know. Meanwhile, there's now an industry built on telling children their dreams really can come true if they accrue enough ycombinator karma. Way to harness that aptitude, baby.
edit: yeah, rate me down for telling you what you didn't want to hear. I'm not the one who throws $18k at a time down a well just to get a high school kid to suck up to me and think I'm a god.
- nostrademons 16y agoI thought the point of the article was not to have dreams, but rather to be awake to the world around you, because much of the goodness in it will pass you by if you're fixated on something else.
- dannyr 16y agoI seriously don't want to live in your world. So what would you tell kids? Do not aspire for anything because chances are, you will likely fail. You can choose how you look at things. "For every good story, there is a bad story." "For every bad story, there is a good story." I choose the latter.
- joshstrike 16y ago"There is no such thing as luck, serendipity or synchronicity. Those are illusions. Luck is the outcome of good planning; the other two exist only in your brain and only affect how you choose to look at things. Hard work is the only thing that can make you both successful and happy. People who have to struggle harder to get somewhere enjoy it more when they arrive." Also: "There is no such thing as a selfless action." "Question authority." "Don't believe anything you hear unless you can empirically prove it." I think that's the responsible approach. Not telling people to accept chance and fate, which if you think about it is tantamount to telling them to just be happy with their lot. Nice, coming from a billionaire.